PAGEH-F0UR' THE GUARDIAN

Authorized at Second Clue MIil.Post Office Department, Ottawa. The island Guardian Publishing Co.

President and Associate Editor. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward island like the dew'

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

CHARl.0TTE'I'0ltN, rnviisimv. MAY 21, 1953-

New Government Leader

The mantlc of Government lcaclcrsliip in this Province has fallen. by choice of yes- terday's Libcrzil caucus, upon the shoulders of the lion. A. W. Matheson, Minister of Health and Welfare in the Jones Cabinet, whose long experience in the House. and in the admiiiistratioii of his present depart- ziimit, should prove of great value in mi- abling him to discharge his new duties. Competition for the leadership was keen, rspecially from the supportei's of the Hon. W. E. Darby. otlicrs in the running bcingg Hon. Eugene Cullen, lion. Dugald Maclx'in-, non, and Messrs. Wiliam Hughes and W. Fm A. Stewart. In the interests of the Prov- ince, it is zi matter of satisfaction that they issue has been dCCl(iGC. so promptly, and that the new administration will get under way without any intericgiiuni.

Hon. Mr. Matheson has frequently filled the post of Acting Premier and is thorough- ly familiar with its rcquircnients. He has also had the great advantage of havingj served, in his earlier days, as Clerk of the liegislature, and has acquired a knowledge of lcgislativc procedure which is unsurpass-, ed by any of our parliamentarians. Another; important advantage is his pleasant manner and ability to discuss political issues with- out undue heat or bias. His speeches in the House of late years, reviewing the various, activities of his department, have been! models of their kind. We have fortunately,' hnpn getting away from the oldtime par- tisan bickcrinzs and liai'aii:;iics to thc gal- leries, and no one has set a better example in this respect than the newly leader, We may expect that he will follow this course in future, as the one best coii-.

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ilucive to tho despatch of business and in, keeping with the temper of the times.

Like all governments, the new adminis-: tration will sooner or later be judged on itsi merits at tho polls. Its political balance: sheet will then be scanned, both for achieve-' merits and for sins of omission or commis- sion. In tho mcaritime, it is well to remem- her that the demands on governments to- day are out of all proportion to what they” were a few years ago, and that the burden of leadership has become correspondingly heavy. It is indeed no easy task to which Mr. Matheson now addresses himself. Pub-,- lic. appreciation of this fact will lighten hisl labors in many ways, and encourage him to give his very best in the interests of all our citizens. We wish him every success in this rcsprwt. and congziatiilate warmly on the high honour to which ht- has attaincd.

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Eyes in The Deep

. . .7... 'l'hc roviii: "eye" of the television vanicra has opened a new woi'ld for ex-

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Dairy Set-Aside

The sum of til-lU0,U00 is the 1953 ob? jective of the Dairy Farmers of Canada for

'the June set-aside. This will be the fourth

year of the set-aside by producers, of one, cent per pound butterfat for publicizing- Canadian dairy products to Canadian con-; sumers, and this sum has never yet been. reached. Nevertheless, it is based on onlyi 80 per cent of the possible amount esti-i mated on the basis of June, 1952, milk pro-j duction. j

In previous sci-asides tlic ii cstcrii prov-I inces. according to secrctaigv-iiianagcr Eric Kitchen, Toronto, have averaged 90 to 100 per cent of their potential. cxccpt foiythc. provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan in

11951, when trade difficulties reduced collec-p

tions. The average for Ontario and Quebec during the past three ycars has been con- sistently low by comparison. In 1952, Mr. Kitchen says, Ontario collected about 62 per

I cent of its potential and Quebec slightly- niore than 40 per cent. The Maritime Prov--

inces varied from 25 to '70 per cent, with New Brunswick leading.

Mr. O. J. W. Sliiigc. director of pub- licity for the Dairy Farmers of Canada, calls attention to the fact that new and ab- normal conditions affccting the dairy in- dustry at the present time. make it es- sential that the advertising and public re- lations programs be expanded, to secure a

igreatcr frequency of impact on the public. The co-operation of all dairy organizations

and of individual producers is requested.

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The first number of a Canadian week-l ly published in London has made its ap-; pearance. The "Canada Review", Roy H.' Thomson's latest contribution to journalism modestly mentions on its masthead "com-, plete Canadian Press news and picture” service" and will be published every Thurs- day in England. Its purpose, according toi an editorial signed by the publisher, is toi rcmedy the situation of thc Canadian Storyl being known to all too few. No publica- tion in the United liiiigdom, it is stated, is devoted to Canadian news and informa- tion. Established periodicals and newspa- pers publish little of Canada's day-to-day. story.

As is not unusual in the newspaper world. there seems to be a slight difference in approach by the different departments. An advertisement, by the circulation people proclaims that the ”Canada' Review” is a thoroughly Canadian newspaper especially edited for Canadians living abroad.

Canadians in England will, of course, form the backbone of the paper's early cir- culation but it is to be hoped that the, publisher's intent of telling the English peo-I ple about Canada will not be forgotten.

The Guardian wishes Mr. Thomson and the ttcanada Review" well. It is no light un- dertaking to break into British journalism, although Canadians have been notably suc- lcessful by becoming more British than na- ttives of the United Kingdom. It will i)", iinteresting to see how one makes out dc- termining to remain Canadian.

EDITORIAL NOTES Congratulations are in order for the Vale airmen who today receive their wings

ploration. far under the surface of the sea. according to Dr. Gerald Wendi, writing for l'ncst-o. Equipped with powerful lamps, th-3 fPlEWiSlOIi camera can be lowered more than a thousand foot. (three or four liundicd metros) into the depths, far beyond the reach of human divers. Herc it can ob- sciye thc ocean floor, the plants and ani-

mals. ,or tlic wrecks of sunkcn ships, and istration. jhis part is much 3Dlll'CCi3lCd- lge there is . . - . .- ,- , , . - and his party are to be common - :-how lilPlll instantly on iieiiing sciecnsp ' ' ' imd M, making ,, possml, by moms aboard tho ship or oven ashore. It is at The l'0SpOnSlbiiiliPS of office havc cauir-inf pictures and H rctciitlve mcm- ' .- - , . . - - . . ,'ory to share with others their vnr- y flmiblc. loiig-(listaiico eye that Llxicllds the cd Piesidcnl Eisciilimicr to change his llllllfljipd rxpcrlcnccs while tfuycntng o 1Q! power of vision into new worlds, Just as tho about the desirability of reducing taxes, at ythrough R. portion of this contin- ' lnifllo-SCOPP and H1" 101050090 (ill least for the time being. He has discovered. '”M imR,1,:"1;!,,kx;':;v" to most 0! "Si V This new type of vision was first spec-l like Napoleon, that one can't make an AN INTERESTED Lisri-:Ni-in. V DIAMOND tiicularly used in 19.31 to find the hulk 0f,omelet.te without breaking eggs or find ' '

the British submariiic Affray, lost: in the; security in A dangerous. world without pay-

ldnglish Channel in waters too deep for divers. Tho floor of the Channel is strewn: with sunken ships that can be detected byi modern methods of echo-sounding. But. tor

identify any P?1l'tiCUi3l' Wreck it must be 624- of a Quaker banker, John Gurney. She do- The Royal Navy Scien- voted her life to endeavouring to alleviate tific Service lowered a television camerai the condition of those who suffered impris- The conditions, especially in the women's prisons, were terrible but her per- sistencc ultimately aroused public interest

amincd in detail.

from the deck of H. M. s. Reclaim, con-i nected it by cable with a viewing screen on: the bridge. and took a close look at the long-subniergcd ships far below. For more than 300 hours the television lens searched the bottom. Suddenly upon the viewing screen appeared the name "Affray" as clear and sharp as if seen directly. Every detail of the submarinecould be studied.

"Frog-men" with motion picture cameras have revealed details of the abundant mar- 'nc life in shallow waters near the shoi'c. 3ut they can stay under water only for nlnutes at a time while the television ramera can stay submerged indefinitely and tan descend lhto very deep waters without any risk to human life.

at the R. C. A. F. Station, Summcrsidc.

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For the next three weeks scliool inspec-

ptors from all ten Provinces will t.hemSelVesllosers, and missed a real oppor-

attcnd school at the University of Alberta.

,Thc unique course for Canadian education-, ialists is intended to meet some of the prob-'

ing the shot for propai-rsdnoss, O O C Elizabeth Fry, born this date 1780.

prison She was the daughtci

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and resulted in a measure of reform.

carriage by air to warrant internationa conferences. At present the matter of tic- kels, baggage checks and air waybills are largely governed by the Warsaw Conven- tion of 1929. A revis d Conveiitlon was drafted in Paris last year and is expected to be adopted at Rio de Janeiro this Au- gust. The Convention limits and defines the liability of carriers in international air transportation.

reformer, was

A ticket is just a piece of paper to most people but it is sufficiently important in

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GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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PUBLIC FORUM

Thin column is open to the dlucuuion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of wzreapondcnte.

ADDRESS APPRECIATED

Sir.-A few evenings ago I lied the pleasure of attending 3. lecture for rcport, as the speaker modest- lv termed iti gli'Pll in Alton Hall by Mr. Edwin Johnstonc on a ti- to Mexico, which he. with his wife and Mr. and Mrs had enjoyed during last summer. There were beautiful colored slidcst shown ,also a. short movie film (my,

a. cruel thing.)

and entertaining manner by Mr.l Johnstone without i'cfci'r-iicc

ance was regrettably small. I-low-; ever. those who were preseiit thor- oughly enjoyed this informative: account. of Mexico, given at first, ihand by one who had actually ;been there. Not. many of us are. igiven the vopportuniiy

'.lohnstone in ll. very interesting; way, endeavored to give us a glimpse of the people,nmnnei-s and 'customs of Mexico, together with ipictures of their very different isccneigv, trees, flowers. fruits, rtc., ,and personally, I enjoyed all of it ;vei:v much.

i Jiist. why more people were not; ;present is a good question. Surely lniir capacity for enjoyment. need .not; be limited to )1 program con- isisting for the most part. of silly -jokes (often more than n. little otfp color). or loud blatant music soar-: iiig over a loud speaker. True. ay idance was not advertised. but isurely this too is not essential to R good evening's entertainment of in different sort occasionally. ;cannot. but feel that in this iii-

We stance, the abscntces were tiic

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NEW CATIIO

"The Roman Catholic Chapel iin this Town having been found,

for some time

.small to accommodate the congre- jgatiori who statedly worship in

that place. the

strenuous and united effort be-

me ill!!! out.

promptly n

to the congi

of inimeiiiately subscription

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be about 1750." 7The Colonial 1842.

sometiiries all

to L.-at-c1lGuiaua they have an annual ram liar from our native land but Mr.,fa11 of 90 mchw. a great rubber

grow ing country. Snakes? Yes

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iiirnnveiiiriicc m d I t b I kl-Igz-Ll.lf)ll on Sun- . , riy as. y tie ev Fr. Reynolds, m Cumimn-V,Parish Priest. followed up by on Gordon Avard of Cliarlottetoivnf3?p.:?Kg1atfhea1;1:lV Gmmemm my

art upon his hearers the propriety

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the "(ill sport of bull fighting tfas-iconremplaged. '1?i:viE5u ,,,,,,e2f was re- cine mg apparently to the thous-psmnded w WM, 5 hbemlmn which ands of onlookers, but to us ruthcrlsome, of our pmgesmng bremrm . . pwould. do well occasionally to im- This lecture. d8ilVPl'N'i in an easy itate, the sum of 1824 having been in the course of tngsingle houig We undenstand the notes throughout. was held under-proposed building is intended to the auspices of the Ladies Aid ofibe erected on the site of the pres- New Dominion United Chiirch. s(ii,8l'll. Chapel. and is to be 120 ten, the proceeds, needless to say, wercploniz. end 60 feet. wide. The estim- for worthy causes, but the attend-,at.ecl costs of erection is said to

Ioltetown

LIC CHAPEL

FROM MESSMATES

It's a dead dark watch that he's

a-keeping there. And A long, long night thlt. 1135 e-creeping there. Where the Trades and the tides roll over him And the great ships go by.

lriels there alone with green eeu mcktng him

For a thousand miles around:

Heir there alone with dumb things mocking him.

And we're homeward bound.

It's u long, lone watch that he's I- keeping there, And a dead cold night that 1139 :- creeping there, While the months and the years roll over him And the great ships go by.

past. much too

necessity of A

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pointed

forcible appeal.

commencing a object

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I wonder if the tramps come near enough,

Al they thrueh to and fro.

And the battleships bells ring clear enough,

To be heard down below:

If through all the lone watch that he's u-keeping there.

And the long, cold night. that lugs a-creeping there.

The voices of the sailor-men shall comfort him

when the great. chips so by.

-Henry Newbolt.

Herald. Dec. 10,

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plenty of them.

iscoiipions and centipedes but keep your grounds free from brush and bush and yovil not be bothered. Occasionally one will crawl into your house but. keep your eyes open as you go about and no harm will come. I have been stung by scorpions many times but no more harm than a sharp pain. But I have known some pretty bad cases.

The great, majority of the peo- ple ln all these islands are Ne- groes, the descendants of slaves brought over from Africa to cul- tivate the cane and cocoa. They are very law-abiding and loyal to Britain. Among them and living very happily toget.her are prob- ably a million East Indians. liv- int: chiefly in British Guiana, Trinidad and Jamaica. These peo-

'tunity to learn something about alple have made excellent 1;;-me”

land so different from our own.

CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES air,--It seems like It glad dream ltiiat there is a possibility that ithe West. Indies should some day ihecome R. province of Canada. Thi- west Indies in one of the most romantic portions of the world. a ldrciam .lund for beauty and fur- tllity. These islands are the peaks of ii sunken range of mountains i'unnl.mz across the Caribbean Sea from near the United States to within seven miles of Veriezeulii in south America. The scenery in each of these islands is as varied and us lntransingly beautiful as in any city garden. We call P. 1!. Island the Garden of the Gulf. Here in the West. Indies each in- land is indeed I garden. Vegetation rune riot. A tall tree dies in I. remankwbly nhort time, it. to laden from bottom to top with ii inns of Vince. The building and furnltun wooth are varied and beautiful. Cednr, pur- plehnrt, beietn. mohugnny end a dozen other: on used end mar- keted. The cllmlte-' is delightful. warm in the day time. cool M: night. but never cold. The tnde winds from the eat no nlwnya blowing. The dry neuron lasts frcm

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any rcmuneratioii for the time aiidi Tiinse i . , trouble involved in coming to curl Guiana. are formiiiiz R. federation .iC'm-5 0f H19 kl"?-791' "V035 0f 5('h00l admm' hall and this generous gesture nniwith St. George in Grenada as the

.and are eiiterprisliig and progres- Mr. Johnstone refused to accept sivc.

LONDON, (GP)-Many Britons were in no hurry to pick up their new ration books for meat, be- oon, butter and cheese for the next 12 months. When the distri- bution centres closed, more than 10 per cent of the 50,000,000 M- tion books were still uncollected.

probably the most. unique of all ll-H.I'bOul'B, being an extinct orator of great depth.

The addition of the West. In- dies, would add about six mil- lions of people to our population. Would they be inclined to emi- grate northward? A few of the more enterprising. perhaps. But they are very contented where they are. Living conditions are not difficult. Fish and fruit. are

islands with British

capital. The haibour

plentiful. I am, Sir. etc... W. I. GREEN

Stanley Bridge.

proudly prelenled 4-lierilhcd for I lifetime.

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It sometimes happens that those who are enthusiastic about some particular human quality or asset. allow their enthusiasm to lead them into error. As an ex- ample of what I mean I quote the following sentence which ap- peared in a certain newspaper (not. an Island one); tUsefulnes.s and experience are synonymous terms." I believe the writer him- self would agree. on second thought, that that is an error. A venial one. perhaps, but an error Just the name.

No one in his senses would deny the potential, and normally the actual, value of experience. It is not only a good teacher, as the saying good. It. is also one of the fine uuets of life. And it 1: I. tragedy. both social and econ- omic. that men are often retired from their jobs and relieved of responsibility just at the time when their long experience has made them especially useful, for no reason at all except. that they have reached a certain age

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At. the same time it needs to be said that experience is not the only thing that can make 8. per- son useful. lln fact. experience has been known to impair a mans usefulness in some particular field. It may. and sometimes does. give rise to complacency. smugness, and the withering blight. of the routine manrier, all of which tend to create something entirely dif- ferent from usefulness.

Again. experience does not al- weys and inevitably bring wis- dnm. Abraham Lincoln once said that he had no use for any man who was not wiser today than he was yesterday. That, being mm-. preted, meant that Mr. Lincoln knew A lot of men for whom he had no use. The truth of the met- ter is that men with 8. great deal Of exllertence have been known to do some very foolish things. Nor does experience always bring eonbentrnent, 5. quality that must. heve some connection with usefulness. In Shakespeare's "As You Like It." the melancholy Jac- ques says to Rosalind: "I have gained experience". And Rosalind replies: "You. and it makee you and. I would rather have a fool to make me merry than experi- ence to make me sad." This may indicate A somewhat. rxaizgemtcd viewpoint, but it. tins in it some. thing worth thinking about. It. is true. of course. that it could be arid of many a person. "9. ud- der and ii wiser man he wake the marrow mom”. It is much better, however, and infinitely more pleasant, to be happy and wise. How to achieve that combination in one of the perplexing prob- lems of life.

It. will also he adimittcd that quite often people with lime or no experience manage to render useful, and in some cases distinc- tive, service. The novice mey luck the finesse of the expert, but in enthusiasm and will to succeed he can usually hold his own. The muses do not always bestow their best. gifts on those who have borne the burden and heat of the day. Genius frequently touches the

The Passing. Scene

By Observer

USEITULNE55 AND EXPERIENCE

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young. Oftiinea in me story revelation has be, serv d for the unsophisuc It is true that the inexperienced youth turn out..to be mim substance and without also true that some or 0:1 use” and experience e ' .. . ttvariiliy tHondbeVCn;)tlt:llxii)Il1ia ciimse ,ih3.," The first. novel or the lirgtmi ture or the first musical com M. lion. Droduced without. ;....i.),m' Exllerience in the art, is often beat. and ecu a standard ..-h- E subsequent productions an ,0” how unable to emulate, 1. m!" either Bpuxgeon or Beecher am” not sure which) who said ii-,,,:'m minister is never more rm ' than when he first reels 3," mantle off the prophet on he shoulders. And I have I feeliu mull nmnll an elderlv llldllilliig would - i i i l C0lT0bOl.8.t('.. this lCSilmgn',.v Slmble human stories ra in popular appeal. rsequemy they are good instruments for the conveying of truth and 10,. me developing of understanriiziz aim, life. CHLICS agree that. for on V"! best human stories one mm go to the Bible. A particularly in. teresting one is that which ml, about the time ii group of mm all of them with more oy 1953' experience in the religious life came to Jesus with the question "Who is the greatest in the imigl dam of Heaven?" Like most of the Bible stories, this one iviuieg no time on non-c-sscntials 1; 53,-, simrply: "Jesus took a llliif) child and sci. him in the iiiirlsi of them" That was how He iill.SWOICd the question. In some way which the clues. tfoiwrs were unable to undumna this child, with no experience It all, was a very useful member of the spiritual comniunliy, H1, VBFY lack Of Pxllericnce rad kept