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kt-an mun- TI-IE GUARDIAN

no Second Clue Mall Poet omeo Doputlnont. Ottawa. The Inland Guudlnn nibunun; Co.

Pfmlllnnt and Auoclnto Editor, Inn A. Burnett. t Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew"

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

OHABLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY, ran. 21, 1953 Mexican cattle To Il.S.

An exchange notes that when Canadian cattle are admitted to the United States after the beginning of March, it will be the first time in more than ten years for ,Cana- dian and Mexican stock to be entering that market simultaneously. From 1942 until August, 1948, Canada prohibited cattle ex- ports to the United States and from De- cember, 1946, until September, 1952, Mex- ican deliveries of live animals were cut off by the foot-and-mouth disease embargo.

Now it is assumed that both countries will be exporting again and there is a strong possibility that shipments will total three- quarters of a million head annually. Be- tween 194l and 19436, Mexico exported 450,- 000 head of dutiable cattle per year to the U. S. and from the resumption of shipments southward in 1948 until the fateful outbreak of disease in early 1952, Canada's export average was about 350,000 head.

It is estimated that Mexico can now supply 400,000 head a year for foreign trade and an export quota for this num- ber has now been authorized for 1953. To the surprise of some foreign observers, there was no border rush of Mexican cattle when the embargo was lifted on September 1st, last, and there was some speculation a ut whether Mexico had cattle to spare. But Mexico was not short of cattle and by late November the export movement was up to 15,000 per week.

Rules of Debate

Members of Provincial Legislatures are supposedly bound by the same parliament- ary rules that govern procedure in the House of Commons. The following excerpt from Hansard of recent date should there- fore prove of general interest:

”Mr. Speaker: Just before five o'clock the hon. member for Assiniboia rose to speak on the main amendment to the mo- tion to go into supply and I raised the question whether a member, having spoken on the subject, could speak on sthe main

0 amendment and the sub-amendment. It would therefore appear that a member who has spoken on the sub-amendment may speak on the amendment. I would be glad to hear the views of any hon. mem- ber with respect to that point.

"Mr. Mclvorz Mr. Speaker, as one of those who has done a lot of listening, I was thinking that enough has been said.

"Mr. Speaker: That may be the opin- ion of the hon. member, but I am only concerned with the rules. On giving the matter further consideration, it seems to me that an hon. member can speak on the sub-amendment and on the amendment. Of course he could then speak on the main motion. I,will not make that a firm ruling. but will allow it to stand for the present." ' Parliamentary procedure is simply rules of behavior to prevent abuses of power, and to give equal rights to the participants in debate. It is unfortunate, notes an ex- change, that morc elected representatives cannot acquaint themselves with at least

the basic rules.

irrigating Saskatchewa

One very large water development pro- ject for Saskatchewan is so much in the public eye at present that: there seems danger of losing sight of a water conserva- tion program that has been going on stead- ily and quietly in that province for nearly 20 years. There is no single spectacular engineering achievement to show for the work done, notes an exchange, but instead a multitude of small undertakings for the use of individual farmers and also many community schemes. Year by year, more are being added.

The present program of saving water in Saskatchewan and the drier regions of the other Western provinces dates from April 1935, when Parliament passed the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act. Water is only one of the many-sided interests of PFRA, but it is obviously one of the most import- ant. What PFRA has been doing in south- ern and,central Saskatchewan, ever since then, in to encourage and help dry-land farmers to build stock-watering dogouts and modest irrigation works on their own land.

0 wherever topography allows. The idea is

h the melting snows in spring and the 1 heavy rain, and store the 0 moisture. is

j W . PFRA engineers have con- -- (or are new building) dams to serve

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community irrigation schemes, the primary purpose of which is to assist livestock and dairy production. The largest of them is the Swift Current project, being built in sections; when finished it will comprise 25,- 000 irrigable acres.

Altogether, these community projects have brought about 135,000 acres under irrigation in Saskatchewan. In addition, many thousand acres are represented in the approximately 32,000 ”baby” irrigation schemes on individual farms scattered across the south country. '

These two phases of PFRA water de- velopment work are still far from complet- ed. Unlikc the big dam below the elbow of the South Saskatchewan River, there has never been any controversy about their economic and social value.

coronation Review

Among the many colorful features of the Coronation will be a Naval Review which the Queen, accompanied by Admiral of the Fleet the Duke of Edinburgh, will hold at Spithead on June 15. "Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette” gives some of the de- tails. About 190 ships will represent the Royal Navy. The Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets will be represented, and it is probable that one or more units of every section of the British liners, tankers, tramps, &c.--will be pre- sent. Some 300 to 350i aircraft of Naval Aviation will take part in the Fly Past.

While the actual composition of the Fleet will naturally depend on the Royal Navy's commitments at the time, it is an- ticipated that the representation will be of the order of one battleship, eight aircraft carriers, 12 cruisers (including ships of the "Daring" class), 20 destroyers, 40 fri- gates, 18 Fleet minesweepers, 30 submar- ines and about 62 other vessels (mine- sweepers, surveying ships, coastal craft, &c.). The ships will be representative of the Home, Mediterranean and Reserve Fleets, and of those employed in the Home Commands. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries will also be represented.

Invitations have been sent to the Com- monwealth Governments for as full a rep- resentation of their navies as possible, and foreign naval powers are being invited to be represented by one ship from each country. Admiral Sir George Creasy, Com- mander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, will be in command of the Fleet at the Review, and he, with Admiral Sir John Edeisten, Com- mander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, will be re- sponsible for the organization of the Re- view. As a demonstration of Common- wealth naval power this will be an event of outstanding importance, and it is expected that Canada's part will be well maintained on the occasion.

ETDITORIAL NO TE-S

Tomorrow, first Sunday in Lent.

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-Tomorrow is the birthday of the late Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout and Guide movements. The first Chief Scout for the world brought ad- venture into the lives of countless young- sters and did much to prepare them for the great game of life.

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The Government's search for good quality rock fill is paying off even be- fore rock suitable for a causeway t has

material at the site being explored has

already been put to good use in road grading and providing fill on the river side of the Government Garage. 9 I G In a strikingly imaginative Monthly

Letter the Royal Bank of Canada quotes uthis observation: The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence; and it makes-the difference between a man of sense and a fool.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, died this date 1851. Her father was author of "Rights of Women" and one of the first protagonists of female rights in England. She was seventeen when she met Shelley and they soon eloped to the Continent. Though of a cold and calculating dis- position she had literary talent and wrote "Frankenstein" and other novels as well as editing her husband's works.

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Much costly unplanned development could have been avoided had the bound- aries of Charlottetown included the newer areas being'built up during the past ten years. Regrets are useless, however, and the only thing is to do the best with things as they are. Repidents of Spring Park seem to be about ready to be included within the city. Such a move would go far. towards solving their water problem and provide the city with an excellent area

for future expansion. -

shipping industry- I

been located in quantity.- The overlying-

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Hint For The Federal. Government

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column in open on the discussion by correspondent: of questions of Lnterclt. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondent;

RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES

Sir,--Now that the matter of telephone service is again brought before the public, we must ad- mit that. some of the forty-two rural telephone lines in the Prov- ince have fallen into 9. state of dis- repair and, at the same time, we agree that others are still going strong and giving good service. It is a fact that, in the past, a rea- sonably efficlent and necessary service has been supplied to their respective communities and to the public in general.

After considerable research. ob- servation and study I am convinced that many of the problems faced by the rural companies are un- necessary and could be solved by a. concerted effort on the part of all concerned. This would require thnt changes be made in the con- stitutional set.-up of all rural companies which. at the same time, would still recognize the right of each company to exercise some control over the major portion of its affairs. The individual com- pany with its incorporation was, from the first, the very founda- tion ol our network of rural tele- phone lines.

The whole rural system needs A little brushing up to bring it to the mark and in that regard I would suggest a course of action that could, if made effectlve,brlng about an immediate improvement in the indifferent. service in some cases now being supplied.

The following is required:

in supervision by the Govern- ment through the mcdium of leg- islation such as B. Rural Telephone Service Act. ,

(2) A uniform Act of Incorpora- tion be authorized for use of all

rural companies. (The original Acts to be repealed and substitut- edt.

(Iii An adequate depreciation

reserve fund to be available when required for reconstruction.

Mm Short. Course on construc- tion and repair for maintenance men.

(5) up for purposes.

(6) A central depot. through which telephone material may be readily procured.

The rural telephone companies have provided over forty years of service to the public of this Prov- ince and there is no valid reason why they should not continue to do so.

A Provincial Board be set educational and business

I uni. Sir, etc., d ' BRUCE JUDSON Alexan re.

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The Age-Old Story

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...Now the serpent wu more aubtll than any bout of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, You, both God said, Ye nhnlli not at of every inc of the garden? ... And when the woman saw that the tree was good food. and that it won pleasant to the eyes. and in tree to be desired to make on wine. she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat. and gave also unto her buo- bnnd with her; and he did eat ... And the Lord God uid unto the woman, What in thin that than hut done? And the woman said. The serpent boaullod Inc. and I did eat”... And unto Adan: he sold, Bconuoe thou but hearten- ed unto the voice of thy wife. and lint eaten of the llgel. of which I commanded thee. uylng, Thou shalt not not of it: curled in the ground for thy Inks; in umoy shalt. than out of it all the day: of thy ilfo ... in the owont of thy loco shalt than out. broad till than return unto (no ground, for ont of it want then taken: for

7. Notes

Three in A row in Southern Al- berta since the beginning of the War is 8- mlzhty good batting average for oil discoveries in any country. since January 1, we have had Eyremore. Enchant-Retlaw and now Grassy Lake. Leth. bridge Herald.

A controversy has arisen in the states over the cost of the defence department's coffee-roasting pro. gram. Many ex-servicemen will be surprised to learn that army cof- fee is roasted: the popular idea was that it was swept up,-Ed;-non- ton Journal.

It in quite customary for the people of Britain to smile in the face of adversity. About 150 years ago. Arthur Murphy, on English writer, said: "The people of Eng- land are never so happy as you tell them they are ruined.".. -Oshawa Times-Gazette.

Use of our frozen rivers.” roads has the authority of old custom, but. never a Winter passes without tragic losses of life in the Ottawa area through motor vehicles break- ing through the ice. llzzsrpecinlly af- ter B. mild day or two the longer way around is the shorter and safer distance to the destination. - Ot- tawa Journal,

In preparing coffee. the same hand which draws the bath or waters the garden should not: be the one fill the percolator. That hand should have the delicate touch of the musician, the restraint of the diplomat, the competent

Old Charlottetown

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FORGED TREASURY NOTES

I'A forgery upon the Treasury issue of notes has just been hand- ed to us, which we deem it our duty to notice for the caution of the public. The forgery of the names of A Lane. John Brecken, and J. Spencer Smith, Commiss- ioners; and T. H. Havlland, Trea- surer, is so clumsily executed as to make it appear surprising that they should have escaped the not- ice of the most casual observer. only five 10 shilling notes hnveyel. been discovered. The blanks, which are evidently the same as the good notes, are supposed to have been purloined during the opera- tion of printing. The first batch of Ten Shilling notes was print- ed at London. but a second im- pression was struck off at Char- lottetown not long since. We are disposed to think that the ex- tent of this forgery has been near- ly ascertained, as no great quant- ity of blanks could have been ob!- tructed without exciting suspicion."

-R-0.Vai Gazette, Sept. ll, 1832.

The Wax L

when his

ISLIIEIIOH of the elrllnolpllot. Pour- mx water into the pereolntor is no job for the amateur, and the pity M it 15 that 50 mm!!! amateurs still try it. - New York Times.

T119 Pres! reporter may nuke mistakes at times, for no person is infallible - and when one consid. ers the amount of news which he is called upon to handle, and the limited time the newspaper man 118-! to verify lama. it. is nothing W9” 05 summing to note how ac- curately the news is pi-esenu,-d from day to day - but there is 0'18 respect in which he never fails. He never betrays confidence and he never neglects to approach his task in it spirit of the utmost fairness and accuracy. H15 own existence and the existence of his newspaper depends entirely upon :1 -' hleness in all ell-cum. stances.-- Moose Jaw Times-Hen aid.

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THE BRAVE OLD OAK

'A song to the oak, the brave old

oak, who hath ruled in the greenwood

Ions:

Here's health and renown to his

, broad green crown,

And his fifty arms so strong.

There's fear in his frown when the sun goes down.

And the fire in the west fades out;

And he showeth his might: on a wild midnight,

storms through his branches shout.

Then here's to the oak, the brave old oak, .

Who stands in his pride alone:

And still-flourish he, n hale green

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tree. when a hundred years are gone! -Henry Fothei-gill ohorley.

coMrLiiru v1suAL nuiimctrion AND ANNALYSIS I

G. F. HUTCHESON

& SON Optometrist: 53 Grafton istreet

never changes.

an appreciation of thrift.

ALLISON P. McLEAN -

EL. IAIIHIBJ

dim. thou art, and onto dint thou shalt return. . ..

A Plan that grows up with your child

The "Estate Builder" grown with Life's need: but the cost

It: is I great family mm-sic builder-o "Parent and Child" partnership, the finest of nil (me to a child and eotnbliohu

Oannnlt any Great.-Wont Life representative for full pu-' ticnlnn of this moot popular policy.

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Provincial Manager: omm: onAni.oi"ni'rowN - stmmnnsmn -- MoN'rAGUi!

lshict Manager at suunmenldc. arms A. n.' snAvv - n strict Manager at Montague. THOMAS McAVxNN - Special Representative.

- loprooentnuvo at lmninuon. I I

-- lopteoonhuvo at 0'1aory

.v. ruin sums -- Iaprenonhflve ac sauna. DONALD lincDONAI.h - lapreonnbuvo at Angnouno J. G. lII'l'lIlBI.A.VD -- Representative at Clutlottotowli.

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noon.

IFEBRUARY 21, ,

.3,

WASHINGTON AND

221:.-t. birthday anniversary of

Free World. memory. While he happened to be born on the banks of the Potomac. Washington belongs to the world; his place is among those few select ,one.-1, representing practically every nation, whose greatness is reflect- ed in the advance of freedom lihrnughout the world. In common with all men and women who have 1953 imlperiahabie imprints on the tablets of history, his life and work have been yhrouded in amluch legend and myth. But, making al- lowance for all this. there is no doubt tihnt he stands in history as l min of truly great stature. p This does not mean that Wash- ugton was a hero in the sight or iii Americans following the Re- volutionary War. As a matter of .'uct, as he went about the dlfiflcult. ask of drawing the blue-prints or a new nation, he was subjected 0 much abuse by many or his fountrymen. some of his most in- lmate associates regarded him as Vlrutus regarded Caesar, as being 'rer-ambitious; probably for the ime reason, envy. His natural "istocracy of manner was some. encs mistaken for class conscious- tss. and there was more than n Ispiclon that he was secretly -nmitted to the establishment of I American dynasty, Like his kind Jeryvwmere and at. all times. he -in-5 1 ready made target for the "denuuzolzues. Absolute honewly and diainteruted atzatesrnaanslhip have often been suspect in the course of human history. and they were in W'ashingt,on'.s day, I 0 I

re is I. curious fact. that great sonic have always inspired eltiher lnltense admiration or intense dis- like. There seems to be no tvia medla' in their. reputations. That was the lot: of Washinglxm and that was the lot of Lincoln, In English history is was Uhe lot of William Pitt. William Gladstone, and David Qoyd George. In years to came-any fifty years from now - Winston Churchill will be numbered among the eternal ones. And yet it is safe to say that no man living or dead has had more unkind things said about him.

In this country the classic ex- ample is the late Prime Minister King. No man was ever more ad- mired by some and more hated by dtvhers. The Bible has something to say about such niatters. "Ye build the sepuldires of the prophets and your fathers killed them!" The analogy is not exact, I know. but there is the same general idea,

we honour

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Looked at more than 150 years after the event, the American Revolution appears as one of the chief events in the story of man. as indeed it is when considered in its accumulated results. At the time it was regarded by most English people. including king and the majority of Parliament, no a relatively unimportant: incident. This may be one reason why ef- forts to stop it were, on the whole. week and half-hearted. The American colonies were at. the bot- tom of the list of English interests abroad. In an economic sense they carried little weight and. political- ly. their potential importance was

The Passing Scene

our good. American neighbours There were some, h.-mam. are getting ready to observe the ' their Patron saint. and the founder of their Republic, George Washington of Westmoreimid Country. Virginia. We in Canada do not observe hi: natal day but, like the rest of the his

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THE REVOLUTION

England who saw in the unmet the colonists a social and palm development of far reaclhing - niflcnnce. Nor were these an the side of the p1'e'va.l1jng ammo William Pitt was definitely 1, American. "I rejoice", he "that America has resisted. millions of people so clean to the feelings of liberty as volunlam to have become slaves would fit. instruments to make slaves the rest". . . .

And about a month before it war broke out Edmund Burke mi in Parliament: "The question not whether the American 5p'm deserves praise or blame. but mu, in the name of God, shall we 4 with it? If you wish to please an people, you must. give them an boon which they ask, not Wm you many think is better for them My idea is to admit. the new of our colonies into an interest our Constitution".

What. would have happened this advice had been heeded by 11, king and those "vulgar, mechanic: politicians", wlhom Burke mention ed in another part of his specc is 9. question which none an answer. The hand of destiny vi-om in many ways.

It is not likely that the person. nlity and political character is George the Third had much to 0118 Wall or the other with tan American Revolution or the car... that led up to it. It. would say. that great historical movemen

have a way of pursuing thell courses wltaiiout much recall! in human personalities that happgn

to be involved. 0 O 0

Frmn all accounts George tin Thini was it novice in political id. ministration. It must. be said, how. ever, that it had not been long since executive power had begun to pass from the Sovereign into the hands of a small group imam as the cabinet, George the Thu-d happened to be caught in the in- terim period and it may be that some of is alleged bad judge- ments wer due in part; to thin uncertainty regarding his changing constitutional prerogatives and powers.

The historians, eminent American coming round to when all is said and done the third George was not a bad sort of ruler. More than fifty years no Paul Ford. who was then quiu prominent in the field of American history. wrote: "In his private life Georgc the '.lihird exactly fulfilled the popular ideal of a good ruler. In an :4: when society was recklessly dis- soiu-te, he was chaste in conduct. temperate in diet. simple in man- ners. While lrrciigion aboundcd in kept. a virtuous home, wlhose dais, beginning with family prayer, were passed in laborious performance of duty. He was a good man although he was a bad ruler". Coming from an American. that is ll magnnmimous appraisal. It is poible that George Wasliincton, who thus been called among other tahimts "the greatest Englishman of all time", would have said some- thing very similar, for his quarrel was not with George the Third or any other individual. but with the political irresnnnsibilxlr to wards minorities which was then the fashion.

including some ones, have been the view than

By presidential decree in 1940 Brazil created a "safety 7.nnc" bl which foreigners may not own bar-

of course undreamed of.

der property.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS:

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