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BEAILOTTETOWN, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1949

Spoiled Ballots

lt is to be hoped that not only will our citi- zens heed the admonition to "get out and vote" today but that they will do so without spoiling their ballots. lt is strange that despite higher educational standards the proportion of Canad- ions losing their votes through improper market- ing of ballots--with one slight exception referred to below—is increasing election after election.

The trend is evident in figures released last week by the chief electoral officer for Canada, Mr. Jules Gastonguay. Going back to the i926 Dominion general election, these figures show that in that year 50 out of every i0,000 ballots cast were rejected because they were improperly marked. In i930, the proportion had increased to 60 out of 10,000. In i935, it was I04 and in i940 it was ii3.

The one slight reversal of the trend ap- peared in the i945 election when the proportion was iii out of 10,000. Although this showing was a little better than in the previous election, it was still more than twice as bad as the figure for i926. lt offers no ground for self-congratu- lotion but does, perhaps, encourage the hope that the trend has been broken and that the proportion of rejected ballots in today's elec- tion may show a further decline.

There are many ways to spoil a ballot in ll Dominion election, such as marking it in ink or colored pencil, using any symbol except an ‘ ». X, or marking it for more than one member in a single-member riding.

There is only one way to mark one's ballot correctly. And that is to mark an X, with black lead pencil, opposite the name of one's candidate. That is all that has to be done to make the ballot count and to save it from rejection.

iio National Highway Planning

Expenditure of more than $157 millions on

roads and highways this year will bring no dra-

i matic improvements in Canada's highway system,

' no national projects, no official Trans-Canada

Highway, just a gradual improvement in both

trunk routes and country roads. That's what the

Financial Post reports after having mode a coast- to-coast survey last week.

Four Provinces-Ontario, Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and British Colum-bia—report expendi- tures at a new high. Some new and improved highways are included, but for the most part it's a program of maintenance and gradual rais- ing of road standards.

Most provinces are taking no particular ac- tion in anticipation of agreed plans for the "Trans-Canada Higllway,-~l-thougllM-improvements being made both in Manitoba rand Saskatche- wan could tie up with it whenever it is under- taken.

The sum of $157 millions includes estimated expenditures in the i949-50 financial year by all i0 provinces: it includes Newfoundland and ex- penditures by the Dominion Government in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. lt is more than double the pre-war average, which over the 5- year period, 1934-38 for nine provinces, was $76 millions.

The i949 plans by Provinces are given in the Post article, which states that in Prince Ed- ward Island "the program is about the same as other busy years. $900,000 will be spent on roads and bridges. I00 miles distributed in short sec- tions throughout the island will be reconstruct-

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According to the Vancouver News-Herald (Lrberal).the CCF in British Columbia has been set back a decade, at least, by the defeat suf- fered in the Provincial elections. lts leaders did not expect to win power this time. Their hopes were to increase their strength in the House and develop men with whom they could make a ser- ious bid for office at the next election four or five years hence. Now such hopes have been frus- trated.

For the Coalition strategists the result of the vote was "just perfect." They could not have gained more without wiping out the opposition altogether-and that was not desirable. They bod never really wanted Mr. Harold Winch da- leated. They stuck to their theory of him being I Coalition asset and that so long as he con- tinued os leader, there was no danger of the ;~ C.C.F. meeting with province-wide success. At l times during the campaign they expressed fears ii‘ that he might be beaten in Vancouver East. ' If Mr. Winch were beaten, the Coalition strate-

i gistslargued, then the C.C.F. might come under a new leader who might put the party over. A leader, they said, such as Herbert Gargrave. However, the voters retained Winch, the leader tho Coalition does not fear, and exceeded the ‘ ' Coalition strategists’ wildest hopes of eliminat- ing Mr. Gargrave.

llallalla's Trade With Brazil

. Brazil's trade with Canada in i948 snow- ed an increase in value in comparison with i947 of more than $3,000,000 A? ll" besirnine °l i948 it was not expected that trade would in- ' -. crease in tho course of that year. The increase i " . of $2,M0,000 in tho first two month was an

" indication of a rising trend; nevertheless it was fully expected that the many restrictions impos- d by both Brazil and Canada would slow down trade after the upward tendency which set in during i945 had roechod its apex in i947 with an all-time high in thetredo between the two

'°"'_"g'§,',i§,|i941 ind i948 the importation of

prohibitive restrictions in Brazil. Exchange condi- tions had become unfavorable in the two coun- tries and this was the reason for Canada's "aus- terity program.”

Hpwever, two factors brought about an in- crease in value over i947 in excess of $3,000,000 which is equivalent to 7.93 percent. One was the rise in export commodity prices. Canada's ex- ports to Brazil reached the total of $28,000,000, but since $8,000,000 of that amount was the value of vessels purchased by Brazil at prices fixed by contract, the price increase influenced only the remaining $20,000,000. The other, and more important factor was that practically all trade was in commodities essential to industry and consumption and thus not subject to occa- sional fluctuations in the economic or financial situation in the two countries.

LL EDITORIAL NOTES f}

Federal election day. § t ' The Massacre of Cawnpore this date i857.

Politicians and political workers will be at rest for awhile—till July lay-elections.

The question isiriodoniger who will get the Senate appointments but who will make them. O I Q

Today by law employees are allowed three hours off between B and 6 to cast their ballots. added to the hour for dinner.

The many friends cl Mr. George A. Hughes will join with the stewards of Trinity United Church in congratulating him most heartily on his 93rd birthday, which he observed yesterday.

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Mr. C. S. Parnell, Irish Home Rule leader, born this date i846. He had a stormy career, first with the English political parties, and then with his own Irish Home rulers, which re- sulted in splitting the party in two, known sub- sequently as Parnellites and Dillonites.

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P. W. C. Entrance Examinations begin ta- day at Charlottetown, Summerside, Montague, Souris, Alberton and Kinkora and continue until Thursday. To the harried students a General Election probably seems like a very minor inci- d-ent indeed.

U I I The publisher of the New York Times, after a business trip to Europe, declares that he would be sorry to see an important agreement reached with Russia before that country perm-its its citi- zens and those of other countries to mingle free- ly. The abolition of censorship, said Mr. Sulz- berger, "is only a minor preliminary step." I l‘ i

it was refreshing these days to find Major McNutt, representing the Legion and Mr. Wal- then Gaudet, secretary of the Board of Trade joining forces in condemning the prevalence of liquor and cash bribery to voters at elections. lt is not only illegal but absurd that men and wom- en should thus be induced to_cast their votes.

not resort to such a practice.

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What is most objectionable in the admin- istration of the Temperance Act is the licence given to military, naval and other organizations --where youths do congregate-to sell and con- sume liquor on the premises, and even to take away from the premises: while the average citi- zen is deprived of such privileges. This is noth- ing less than class legislation and should not be tolerated in a democratic province.

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Congratulations to Dr. T. V. Grant, whose long political service has at last been recognized in the appointments to the Senate announced over the week-end by Prime Minister St. Laurent. lt was pretty well understood that Dr. Grunt would receive one of the two vacant Senatorships for this Province, and rumour has it that Hon. G. H. Barbour would be his fellow-appointee. However, Saturday's appointments leave fourteen Senate seats still to be filled, including one from Prince Edward island. If these are left over until after today's election, it will be a most unusual procedure. .

O I U . ln pre-war days we used to laugh at the German preference of "bullets for butter!" Now, however, we find the British preferring Canad- ian aluminum to Canadian bacon. The Economic Cooperative Administration has cancelled a $2,500,000 authorization for Canadian bacon for the United Kingdom, and has substituted a vote of $2,920,000 to buy aluminum and alumin- um products from Canada. The Ottawa explana- tion of this is that cancellation probably was the outcome of the fact that the United King- dom has not been able to purchase as much bacon as it wants from Canada. The Anglo-Ca-- nadian bacon contract for i949 is for i60,000,000 pounds, but indications so far are that shipments this year will fall far below*the target figure. i i

When an individual breaks the criminal law he is liable to imprisonment both as a punish- ment and for reformation. The latter is not ai- ways kept foremost, as it should be, in the minds of the authorities. ln England this is being realiz- ed, and now a man serving a life sentence in Perth Prison for murder has taken his London University matriculation, and is now studying for his B.Sc. degree. That was one of the examples of the success of the rehabilitation scheme in the prison given by Major David C. Heron-Watson, the Governor, at a meeting of Dundee Discharg- ed Prisoners’ Aid Society. The young man in quesiion, the Governor stated, had done no school worl: since the ags of i6. Another prisoner had sot lire first three of five written-subjects for the Diploma of Business Management. The whole system had been adopted as a principle, he said, and they were now training anybody, at public expanse, willing to work for matriculation. Not one of tho man who had been trusted to work out in tho fields without supervision had failed the authorities, ho added. The realization of what it meant to be trusted had proved the success of

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THE OIEARY ROAD

The O'Leary road runs from Lot 7 shore to the Western Road, a dis- tance of twelve miles. The division line was run probably before my time. but no road was run until the year 1835 or 1840. Then seven miles on the west end were open- ed and the other six mlles several years after.

A man named Michael O‘Leary, from Ireland, commenced to clear a farm near the shore an the Lot 7 side of the line. and thus it keeps up the name. After some years of hard toil on his farm he turned his property into cash and resolved to visit the old Irish home with the expectation of finding some of his relations, but not one could he find. This was about the year 1858. He knew nobody. nobody knew him, so he again faced the Atlantic, and landed at Halifax. Probably he was making his way to P. E. 1., but lost his life by drowning. as one morning his corpse was found off the wharf. This was the finish of our ancient pioneer.

The late John Currie settled at the Three Mlle Brook and erected a saw, mill. Some young folks then went -up from Bideford and took farms on the O'Leary road ln the woods. and commenced to fell the tall maples and beeches, and made clearings The first pioneers were Charles McDougald, Robert Ellis. Robert England and William Dy- mond, About midway on the O‘Leary Road, John Silliker, of Bedeque, took a block of land, about three hundred acres. Having a family of hardy sons. they com- menced ta clear away the woods. and ceased not until they had made a large clearance. John's brother Joseph followed him and commenced felling the trees on tho opposite side of the road. John Moreshcd of Lot 10 bought a tract of land a little to the west of the Sillikers. and settled his three sons. John. Nicholas and George, on it. They made for themselves cam- fortnble homes.

The late Walter Chappell com- menced lo clear n farm on ivhnt

was later the Heustis property. Wal-

ter cut n fr-w trees and huiit a shark. which was endangered bv the falling trees when h- xvas en- larging his clearance. The large birch trees he made info square timber and hauled it to the head of the river ready for shipment.

J. J. Raynor, a young manjram New Annan. commenced to clear a farm n little further wast, but he considered it would be easier in work n clear farm where he could put the plow and harrow to work. Josiah lnman had purchased nn old French farm in Cascumpec vil- lage. and knowing that the» w“ land to be obtained on 0‘l.enr_v Road. and having sons that needed

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Dlsoonneotlon notices are mailed ouch month to customers whose electric servlc.» account ls in arrears. These notices state the final data when disconnection will be made unless the ao- ooulst has been paid in full to our office. A re- connection fee of $1.00 la payable before 815N100

After these notices have been sent, service will definitely be disconnected unless payment ill made injull. Please do not/pair us to make ex-

y your monthly service account a highly esteem your goodwill and dosh-a to ovoid the embarrassment of

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ADVICE TO A FARM BOY

"Don't go to the river,"

The whippoorwlll said. Beating. repeating

His message of dread. "Forswear its deep warn‘. The secrets beneath,

For reeds hold their weapon In subtle dark sheath.

Don't go down to the river."

"Don't. explore on its ripples," Called a tlmorous thrush. Sending her warning

From a tall lllac bush.

"The river ls tempting

Like eggs warmly blue,

It summons the

And seizes a few.

That. river's a wcman

Whose eyes are on you.‘-

"D0n‘t swim at hot noonday," A shadow explained, Advancing from cover

As afternoon waned.

“In the homi- meadows brook Lies your lasting content. Where you baited a. hock Under blossomy tent.

For the current sets wickedly, Once strength is spent.

And you know the brook.

Not the river." '

~Laura Benet.

farms, Mr. Inman and Mr. Raynor met and talked matters aver. They agreed to exchange their farms. Both parties were well pleased with their bargains and both made com- fortable homes for themselves. When the road began to be settled many from other parts came and took farms and in n short time the road was all settled, and now it. is a prosperous community.

—From an article by the late Mr. James Grigg. of West Devon.

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Proposed ' Potato Ban

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(Si. John Telegraph Wurnll)

Potato trowel-a In the United States are demanding that their government ban import; of pota- tees from Canada. If the request is granted, it will strike a serious blow at farmers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, the chief commercial potato growing provinces.

We can't afford to view this threat complacently. as something which just won't happen. Actually, the U5. growers cm build up a fairly strong case. Our own auth- orities should protect us by mak- ing strong diplomatic representa- tions before a decision is reached and the damage is done. There are many vlilld reasons why the pro- posed ban should not be imposed. We should master these reasons and present them with imposing force. We can show, for instance. that U.S. imports of Canadian po- tatoes are a mere drop ln the buc- ket as compared with Canadian imports of such items as veget- ables, citrus and other fruits, gnu nuts, from the US. ,

The real reason for the present situation is {h}! the United Brute; Bovemment has fixed too high a floor price for domestic potawe;

Because of this, plug fgvoplbjg growing conditions. the us, 11m f" W0 lflrse a potato harvest last year. It cost Washington $200,000,. 000. a fairly substantial sum even in the wealthiest counts-y 1n the world. to buy up the surplus.

I! You're a farmer and you are assured °l I Profitable sale for all m! Potatoes W" produce. you don't C"! very much whether they are 801118 to be used or wasted. In- eieed- you crow ell you can. That's what. is happening across the bor- der and unless the UB. govern. ment changes its policy. or there is 8 6WD failure, the U5. seems des. fined to continue to have an un- nual potato surplus from now on.

Meenwhll". Canada has a low price floor for potatoes - too low, Dmbnbly- The result is that Con. adlan producers, even though they Day the full duty of seventy-five Cent! e bushel. can realize more m, Pgtelofs they sell in the us. lhln M“ yhev sell in Canada. So wide 1e the marsln. in fact. urn they can do this and still under-sell 0g producers on the U.S, mgr-keg,

What seems to be needed f; I Canada-US. conference, at ls high level. to so into the question thor- Wghly and find u satisfactory sol- ution — one which ‘will not involve anything so drastic as the suggest,- ed embargo.

The Prayer Book

(St. Peter's Parish Mngulng)

Dr. Yeames, Profesor-Eaterltuls of Classical. Languages of Ho- barf College, New York 35kg; What ls the greatest sentence m all English Prose? A Lon. 0°" "ewspfllber once Ptlnted letters tn answer and general ag- reement. decided on this gentence fwm the Prayer Book: "Therefore with Angels and Archnngels, 3nd with all the Company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glqrjgu; name, evermore praising Thee 5nd eevmz Holy. Holy. Holy. Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of Thy 21ers: Glory be to Thee, o Lord most High."