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sa-rvizoar, JUNE 23, 1951

i CHARLOTTETOWN,

Monday's By-Election

Monday's voting will decide whether or not we are to increase the strength of the 'Opposition at Ottawa in the dual con- stituency of Queen's, or send a Government supporter in the hope of obtaining more consideration from the powers that" be. This appears to be the main issue, and the arguments both ways have been ably pre- sented by the candidates and their support- ers. It has been strongly emphasized bv Liberal spokesmen, while the Conservatives have also stressed the importance of elim- inating election bribery in any shape or t'orm. Their appeal on this ground, regard- less of the outcome of the balloting, is to be warmly commended. No party has an option on such a policy, of coui'se. and we trust the day will come when it will be uniformly practiced, and when violators of our election laws will be regarded gen- erally as the worst foes of our democracy.

In the meantime, it is pleasing to note that the campaign has been cleancut and above board, without recriininations or per- sonal abuse which have too frequently been evident in the past. The lead has been taken by both party candidates in this re- spect. and it. augurs well for a fair and dispassionatc verdict from the electors.

Ensilage

'l'lic -.-fora-.-c of grass crops in pits or silos as is being demonstrated at the Fal- conwood Farm offers attractive possibilities for Island farmers. When grasses are used as hay they are generally allowed toggrow beyond the flowering stage, at which the

plants contain the greatest quantity of gluten, sugar and other soluble matter. For silage the earlier cutting is more

practical which also has the advantage of ,making it possible. under favorable condit- ions, to take more than a single grass crop off the land during a season.

The method is not, of course, foolproof any more than is the curing and storage of hay. So that. farmers proposing to use this method of storing their green feed are being merely ordinarily prudent in finding out all the technical details before even turning a sort.

Historical Relics

' Two ycarr; ago. as a means of emphas- izing the need for a Provincial Museum in Charlottetown, the I.O.D.F.. staged .a mod- est exhibition of historical relics in the Canadian Legion hall. At least. it was in- tended as a modest dcmonstratioii, but the range and variety of the objects shown proved an agreeable surprise to all con; jcerned. A great deal of public interes was taken in the event. and hope was ex- J pressed that it would become an annual feature. The

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I. O. D. ii. has undertaken to put fascinating exhibition again during Festive Week, this time in the Prince of Wales College auditorium. Much new ma- terial is being added, including a number of group photographs of football and hockey players of fifty odd years ago. Several of

1 the players are still unidentified, and it will

he a matter of interest to note how many of them will be recognized by our older citizens.

Young and old will find the exhibition It will open at - noon on Tuesday. July 3. There will be no ' admission fee. Those supplying the ex- hibits arc reminded that the building is fire- proof, that all material will be well insured. and that watchmen will be on duty twenty- four hours a day.

If a suitable place to house these relics t of the past can be found, it would be an

; excellent idea to keep the exhibition going

all during the tourist season, and make it :3 ; regular summer feature until such time as we have a proper Provincial Museum. This -i would be a real community service, of value to posterity as well as to ourselves.

Tliuuderlilrils lieturn

One of Canada's earliest contributions to the United Nations effort to resist ag- ' izresslon in Korea, notes an exchange, was the dispatch of the 426 Thunderbird Squad- , ion to McChord field near Tacoma. Wash. 'From there, the squadron joined the air .lift to Korea, transporting medical sup- plies, spare parts, and other military equip- ment to the Far East, and bringing back wounded men.

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United'Nat.'lons, and was under U.N. com- mand. Now, although it will continue to fly to the Far East, the unit's base will be at Dorval, outside Montreal, and it will again be available for transport operations within Canada. At the same time, it will be prepared to fly an air lift to Europe, as part of Canada's contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. .

Despite Korea's distance'from the Un- ited States and the United Kingdom, pre- sumably adequate stockpiles of materials have been built up in Japan and Korea. to maintain the forces in tne field without too much reliance on air-borne supplies. This is one reason why the squadron is now being made available, in part at least, foi new duties.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow, fifth Sunday after Trinity. St. John Baptist.

Welcome to our two distinguished states- men, also the Maritime Jaycees who are now in our midst for convention purposes. 0 O 0 Farmers are apt to be shocked but it is only right and proper that under the Game Act they may not post their land and shoot it too. 0 Inflation begins usually with the pow- ers that be. If they be regardless of the way money is spent, rank-and-filers easily follow suit.

Soon we shall have a complete outfit of medical and dental officials in the Prov- ince, the foundation on which a national medical service may be built. 0 O O

Festive Week starts a week from to- morrow and certainly no one can complain of the advance build-up being given by the Weather Man.

According to Mr. J. Murray Watson, Editor of The Scotsman. Aberdeen, the third City of Scotland, is "the most Scottish of all Scottish Cities." 0 The Governor-General Lord Alexander and Mr. F. Cyril James, Principal and Vice- Chancellor of McGill University, Montreal, will be guests of honour at the Canada Club's Dominion Day dinner on July 2nd, in London, England. ' 0 Premier Jones is of the opinion that an educated political representative is in the best interests of this Province at Ottawa. At the same time being a democrat, he thinks we should make the best of what offers lest the Federal Government consider us ungrateful and unappreciative. O O 0 The battle of Plassey was fought this date 1757. Clive gained a victory over Suraj-ud-Dowlah of Bengal about 80 miles north of Calcutta with 900 Europeans and 1,500 sepoys of the East India Company

against the nawab”s army of 55,000 men. 0 I I

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Saint John has laid the keel of a mine- sweeper indoors, the first to be so con- structed in this country. It is to be hoped that no miscalculation puts it in the pos- ition of the cellar-built yacht which prov- ed too large for the hatch.

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The turn-out for Mondayls by-election will be of more than ordinary interest to active politicians and students of politics. Calculations of how many will remain away from the polls for want of "inducement" are mercst guesswork but the vote actually polled will give a very fair idea.

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Prime Minister St. Laurentls praise for the voluntary medical health plan of the Canadian Medical Association echoes the plaints of other politicians of various part.- ies who, while providing every possible LVD0 of social security because the public de- mand it, cannot help but be concerned about the consequences.

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The battle of Bannockburn was fought. this date 1314. The forces of Edward II were defeated by the Scots, led by Robert Bruce. The Bruce then carried the war into England and by the treaty of North- ampton the independence of Scotland was fully recognized.

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The Canadian-British Education Coni- mittee is spousoring a scheme for sending up to a hundred United Kingdom students a year to Canadian Universities. Mr. Gall s- kcll, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Ex- chcquer, referring to the scheme in a writ- ten parliamentary reply, said students would become trained mid acclimatised in the Canadian way of life and fitted for a career in Canada. He had agreed to a special arrangement under which the stu- dents would be able to transfer up to 51,500 in the first year and 531,250 in each later year to cover the cost of their university course. The Canadian-British Education Committee was formed a few years ago, to

encourage boys and girls leaving schools in

The squadron sewed the Britain to attend a Canadian University.

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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APPRENTICESHIP TERMS

The strict attention given In the morals as well as gr-ncr.il deport- mcnt of apprentices in early days is revealed in an original doc- ument in the possession of tiic Lowe family. Charlottetown. It is in the form of an indcnture, made on April 2t. 1857. hctwccii Mr. lllilliam Lowr and our John Fost- rr. .lr.. S(HFllIl'1Cn-)F.'Il'-flIfI son of Mr. John Foster. farmer. of Elliot River. The document is signed and sealed by both parties as well as by Andrew Crnnston. of Char- lottetown F.o,v:ilt,v. piirty of the third port. and witnessed hy Erl- ward Palmer and R. A. Mackicson.

Young l-Toslcr. hr and with lin- ronsent of his father who was on the eve of dcpni'tin;: for Eng- land. solemnly undertook "to pill himself an Apprciiticc” to the said Mr. Lowe. to learn the art of an Arcliitcct rind Joiner. rim! to scrie until the 5th day of March, l8Gl. "during which term the said An- prcntice his said Master faitlifullv shall serve. his secrets keep. all his lawful coiuniniids cvcigvwiiere glad- ly do: he shall do no damage to his said Muster nor scc it done by others. but. on the conlrnrv. shnll forthwith the wnrniiir: to lils snlrl Master of the some: he shall not waste the Goods of his said Most- cr nor lend them unlawfully to any: he shall not commit Foru- icatinn, nor contract Mnlriniony within the said term: he shrill not play at tinrds. Tlicc, or any ini- lawful Gnnics. wlicrr-by his said Master l'llvl3' have any loss. with his own Goods, or others. duriiu: the said tr-rm: without license of his said Muster he shall neither huy nor sell: he shall not haunt Taverns or Pliiylioiiscs, nor ah- sent himself from the service 4if his said M'islci' day or night. un-

lawfully: but in nil thinirs. as a faithful Apprentice. hc .sh:ill IiI'- hnvc himself low.'ii'(is his Sill-'I

M-istrr during the mid tcrm.'

Mr. Low:-. on the ollicr hand. undertook to tczicli his apprentice "the art of an Architect nnd Join- er by the best means in his power. findim: unto his said An- prcnticc sufficient nicnl. drink. boarding. lodrzinvz and till other necessaries. cxccptin: wr-wring ap- parel during the sud term. and shall allow and pov his said Ap- prentice Six Pounds per NinLlI'1. payable qii':'-tcrlv. and Two Pounds pcr ,vcar ii? ndtlilion in lieu of wnsliing." For the It'll" and faith- ful pcrlormnnrn of the contract both parties hound themselves, in the sum of Fifty Pounds current money of the lsl.-ind..

Foslcfs tininini: was in toml hands. Mr. Lowe being not only I! Icudinr: architect and builder. but nlso lhc Supcrintcutlr-nt of Puli- lic Works. A note on the hack of the lntlcnture. limicvcr. in- dicates that it was cancelled Irv mutual consent on May '”' 1859.

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SHAFT OF G-IIASs Out of the grasses here I plucked a single spen- And turn:-d it in the light. The loath a slcndfr blade. A sliver of rare jade. Crcascd, paper-thin. and bright. The stem's ii wand of wire Forged in nn emerald fire And jeweled at the tip. With glossy. tufted sends Like little burnished brads set. in a pliant clip. Miraculous each grain It dipped in silver rain And opened by the :.un A mystic toll to flower Sonic future vernal hour when earths green ru;s nrc spun.

--Rogerl. Dodson.

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Mr. Franklin Ahearn contends that indemnltfec of M?P's are in. adequate and should be increased. The increase, he says, should be from the present 86.000 to 310,000. with no tax exemptions.

As one who represented Ottawa in the Commons for 3 number of Years. Mr. Aheni'n's contention de- SEYVES YESPOCL Also. he supports his opinion with very relevant facts.

Nevertheless The Journal is of the opinion that one or two other facts shoulld be considered before lndemnitles are dealt. with as Mr. Ahearn suzsests.

Admittedly, existing lndcmnities are not adequate to meet present living costs. impose hardship upon many MP's. But. in remedying that condition, or in trying to provide a remedy. it should be borne in mind that indemnities of MP's are not tntcnded to be salaries, but are primarily something to indem- nify against loss.

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To put it another way. perhaps more simply. the position of I Member of Parliament, one of high distinction, is not a "job" with salary fixed as the salary of an en- glneer would be fixed, or the wage scale of a plumber or a. painter.

A pity it would be. A loss of something fundamental to our ideas of public service. and a loss to Parliament itself, if, forgetting this, we made thebusinesa of be- ing s. Member of Parliament mere- ly a means of livelihood.

Furthermore should we not guard against the danger of mak- ing MP's. through higher salary i-ates, into practically clvll serv- ants; into people Just: working for thc Government? A Member of

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nlficd against loss is likely to be A more independent member than one working for a salary, with that salary his means of liveli- hood; his job.

The Journal is not saying, for from it, that existing tndemnltlcs are adequate; it. believes, on the contrary, that under present living costs and with sessions extending over five or six months they are wholly inadequate; do not in- demnify MP3 against. loss.

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What The Journal does believe. though. is that before rushing in to make indemnltles as high as sl0.000. Parliament should first try to do something sensible about. shortening its sessions; should try organizing its work so that the House will not need to remain in session for as long as five or six months.

Every MP know: well that there is atrocious waste of time in Far- llsment; waste in the first place because all governments in care- less or incompetent, in th way they present. legislation, and waste in the second place because all op- positioiis notoriously are sinners in the way they discuss legislation; debates which sensibly could be confined to a day are dragged on through weeks in complete futility.

The time has come for Parlia- ment to do something about such nonsense. None of us should want MP's not. indemnified adequately against loss for the services they give us, but equally none of us should want to have them indem- nified for archaic practices which were perhaps pardonsble in horse- and-biiggy days but which today are inexcusable, resulting chiefly in inefficiency. in public contempt for Parliament, and in many peo- ple being opposed even to inade- quate indemnttles.

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A ll. 5. Iciutor propane: to abolish the State Department. No doubt he would like to abolish foreign relations also.-London Frec Press.

One gardener we' know, I len- timental kind of person, some years ago, sought out. I few wild strawberry plants and mov- ed them intoiiis garden along- side his domesticated strawber- ries. He didn't really expect the two varieties to set examples for each other. though he hoped in a most unscie tific way that they might. Insteadl, he now has two strawberry beds, one for eating and the other for tasting, and he thinks he is fortunate indc-cd. which lie is. Anybody is fortun- ate who has wild straivberries taming themselves in his back yard and paying tribute every June for that privil:ge-New York T:-mes.

Lu! Deccmbc the Supreme Court of Canada quashed the conviction of a Witness of Je- hova on a charge of seditious liibel. To succeed in a prosecu- tion of this kind, the court held, the Crown must prove intent to incite to violence. As no such in- tent was shown in the pamphlet: on whose d-isiribullon the charge was based. the court quashed the conrviction. A great many other cases were held in abcy- ance pending this decision in

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test case. when lieu: dJ'TIdd3:lst.-llhl was rendered the Crown was ex. pected to withdraw the chute) laid in cases in which the facts were on all four: with the rm, in the test. case. The Crown, hop: ever, decided D proceed and H, the past month or so several cases have been heard in Court of King's Bench. This court ap. plying the ruling of the lsup. remc Court, took the cases oulo! the jury's hands and dismissed them. In these circumstances l would be expected that otl1r:,. pending cases would be dropped but the Crown insists on prof ceeding and the remaining cam have been put over to the gen, tcmber term. There seems 14, be little doubt that cases based on facts parallel with those in the case that went to the Sup;-cm Court will be d-ismis-ed wi.g., they come to King's Bench lam

lit in some cases the facts 3,-,.

dif-ferent. it there is new mum to be tried, it is of course the duty of the Crown to proceed But. it would seem to be equam the Crown's duty not to clutte- the rolls of the court with cm; that have virtually been decided It will not do to create the sus- picion that the courts of Quebec are lending themselves to pm. sccution of n dissident minority. yet this suspicion is bound to created if these similar cases 3..- proceedcd with-Montreal star,

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Tlic. Shccp Brccdcrs' Association of Prinrc. l:2dw.'ird lslaiitl ll handling your wool for you at the higliost. market price. Last )tt.I? this Association through the Cniintlimi Co-operative Wool Groucn, paid from 15 to 20 cents more for wool than the travelling buyer uni his truck. This year the same situation could possibly repeat itself. There is no fixed price being offered you by druvcr buyers. in other words wool is being bought. for the lowest. price for which I4 can be secured. 10. 15 or 20 cents per pound extra means a lot. lit money saved. A difference of 20 cents on your wool menus S-100"-' per ton that you have lost.

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The Sheep Breeders are iuippo tiug,thc Sheep Industry. For thou WI10 Ship their W001 l SPCCIM price has been arranged on Coopein 51100!) Din. Phenothiuzlne tablcls for internal parasites. and Docklnr and Cnstrzitlon equipment. Call for your requirements. The Assoclw "0" WIIIN50 HSSISI Jn the placement of rams-Who would you rather PGITONIZG. '11 buyer who has no interest. in your industry, other than sSe!curingB sour wool at. It price level profitable to himself: or the "ilccp iicedcrs Association which guarantees the highest marki- I Cev "4 DT0VIdl'8 you with supplies and usslstunce necessnrv in the ':Ir1mlIIIIl lnnd improvement of your flock? '

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