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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Ioundod in 1581) Lufborlud an Sorobd Clue uni Post ome- Dopartmnnt. Ottnwn Tbo lslnnd Guardian n bllubluy Co. Editor and Munuglng Director. J. R. uuructl Associate Editor, lrlnl Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CHARLO'l"l'ETOWN. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1950 Tides

At this time of year interest in tide tables is revived. and much of our planning; for recreation is governed by the times of high water. The moon is popularly supposed to influence ituinaii affairs and conduct but proliably it is only along the coast that its effect can be readily and undeniably dem- onstrated.

Oddly 0ll0llfl,ll. although the rise and tail of the tide here is about eight feet, mid around the Bay of Fundy it is inany times as giriit, in niid-oi-ezin the range is only a matter of inches. Like water sloshing in n pail it is only when it encounters the side or the continental shelf that the rise and full in-;wii:ie iii:ti'ketl.

'lilte l)'l'llilll)' of the brief twice daily flonti ziiirl pi'olr.'ictc(l ebb is apt to be ex- aSpOli'lililLZ and the wide expanse of ”flals”, particiilziilv if they are near the city aiid littererl, is not ;iluui,vs an esthctic joy. To conipeiisiite. liowcver, there is a constant excliaiiige of water which makes even the vicinity of liirger centres more pleasurable for bathing than is possible in more coli- Iined illltlilfi waters.

Coinpaiisoiis are odious but there are few who would willingly exchange salt wa- ter bathing, p:irticuiat'ly surf bathing, for the best that fresh water can offer.

-Sliakespere Said It

The strongest argument against social- ist doctrines which exalt material interests over spiritual. to the confounding of rational distinctions among men, is that such doc- trines are incompatible with civilized society of any kind. They are a throwback to bar- barism, a fact which is felt instinctively by many people who are unable to express their views coherently on the subject, and prefer to keep silent rather than be con- demned as ignorant and selfish. Even in Parliament one suspects that many repre- sentatives of our democracy are in this pre- dicament. Let us therefore find them a gift- ed spokesman. Here is Shakespeare on the subject of subversive activities:

. . . 0. when degree is Ihuk'd, Vvhlch is the Iutider of all high designs. Then enterprise is sick! How could communities. Degrees in schools and brotherhood: in cities,

Peaceful comm:-rrn froni divltlnbin shores,

The primogcnity imd due of birth.

prerogative of age, crowns, seeptrcs, laurel.-i, But by degree sttind in nuthentic place?

Take hut ilegrm nwiiy. unfune that strinif.

And hark what discord fnllows! Each thing meets In mere oppugmincy. Tho bounded waters Should lift their bosom: higher than the shores And miike n sop of all this solid globe; Strength should he lord of imht-rlilty,

And gm. rude non should strike, his fnthcr deuii: Fnrco would be right; or ruther, rillht "ml W"”"g (Between whonn endless .iIlrn .ilI5"CP Tcflidf” should lose their nnmcs. l.lIItl so should Jiiitticc too- Then everything includes itself in power,

Power info will, will into nmwillfl

And appetite, nn unlvcnunl wnii.

So doubly at-coniled with will und MW"?-

Munt mnkp. perform iln universui prey.

And last eat. up Itself-

Eoaring Meat Prices

According to an Ottawa exchange, the remarkable jump in meat consumption in Canada and the llnitcd States has govern- ment officials baffled. Increased production in both countries has failed to keep l'lLlf.'C with mounting demand, owing probably to people having more money to spend. 'l'his demand is the underlying cause of the sour- ing prices, and there seems little the gov- ernment can do about it short of restoring the embargo on the export of beef cattle into the United States lifted in August 1948.

Confronted with the beef shortage, Am- ericans would be prone to blame Canada for the scarcity if an embargo were imposed. Actually even with the expanded exports of both beef and live cattle, Canada is sup- plying less than one per cent of American consumption. During the first five months this year Canada sent her neighbor 23,000,- 000 pounds of beef and 180,000 live cattle. as compared with 15,000,000 pounds of beef and 100,000 cattle in the corresponding per- iod a year ago.

Canadian housewives have cut down by four per cent their purchases of beef this year as compared with 1949-the resu-i probably, of high prices; but they increased their pork purchases by 20 per cent. This swing from beef to pork has boosted pork prices, as in recent weeks Canadian con- sumption bas been absorbing all the pork marketed at prices above the floor set by the United Kingdom bacon agreement at 332.50 per cwt. for Wlltshlre sides. The Canadian Meat Board was able to buy 12.- 5oo,000 pounds for Britain earlier in the year, but recently almost all the slaughter- lngs have been going into the domestic mar- ketl. Tiieije seems little chance this year for Canada to supply the 60.000.000 P0111165 at bacon mun; would tun. , x

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Imperial Press Conference resumed at Ottawa yesterday after its visit to Que- bec.

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With 8 Car Ferry trips 21 day from now on our tourist traffic via Borden should be well taken care of.

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Property owners will be anxious to know the tentative price placed upon the 2.3.53 residences reported on by the Revaluation Board to the City Council.

Britain's farmers are planning practical aid to Manitoba in the shape of livestock gifts to help restock the flooded farms

around Winnipeg.

Agriculture Minister Gardiner is going to speak ”tough" to both the United Kingdom and Newfoundland over their attitude on apples and potatoes. It is about time he was doing something after all the tours he has been having overseas.

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Russia is reported to be showing an in- terest in the division of Antartica just now. it might ease the tension on this hemi- sphere if the focus of the cold war were to be shifted to that most appropriate locale.

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Every car driver must assume, of course. that children are going to dash suddenly in front of him, but parents could reduce the. frequency of such emergencies by neglecting no opportunity of impressing the require- ments of safety on the streets and highways

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The Maginot Line mentality has suffered another setback, most fortunately. De- fence Minister Claxton has stated that, "The concept of coastal defence by static means seems to be passing out." Canada is to rely more on land-based and amphibious aircraft to defend her shores.

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Production of butter in Canada has dropped steadily with the increase in pro- duction of margarine. Nothing else could be expected when Federal restrictions were removed. Unfortunately the trend also means a loss of fertility to the land un- less imported fertilizer replaces the natural product.

Magna Charla. the Great Charter grant- ed by King John 'of England at Runny- mede this date 1215. The principal pro- visions are: all accused persons to be tried by their equals; no taxes to be imposed without the consent of the duly chosen legis- lature; no imprisonment without lawful

trial; and no delay or sale of justice. 0 I O

Many farmers are unable to buy all the mechanized equipment they really require and others pay.more for it than the very brief period of use would warrant. It is strange that the practice of ”custom" farm- ing has not been more highly developed with fully mechanized crews going from farm to farm doing the heavy work in a fraction of the time required without the equipment.

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The British love a self-effacing, capable leader. That is why Attlee has such a hold on public opinion. He does not brag and boast, takes his licks when duly coming to him, and above all, never bullies or threatens. The nearest approach to Attlec in this respect, was H. H. Asquith, who never verbally retaliated on his critics, but merely suggested that they should "wait and see" the outcome of his Government's

policies and plans.

Apparently the Maritime Provinces did not think it worth while to request the Do- minion Government to stay the coming into effect of the new increases in freight rates which have been authorized by the Train- sport Commission. Replying to a query in the House of Commons last week, the Prime Minister mentioned only three such request: as having been received from the dissent.- ing Provinces-from the Premiers of Al- berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Who will represent this Province? The new Chamber to be used by the British Hoilse of Commonslwill be ready in time for the opening of the autumn Parliamen- tary sesslon. The Lord President of the Council, Mr. Herbert Morrison, has an- nounced that lt is proposed to meet there for the first time on the 26th of October. He said that invitations to this ceremony are being sent to representatives of legis- latures in the British Commonwealth) Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Gifts towards furnishing this new House of Com- mons have been made by every country in the British Commonwealth. They range from the Speaker's Chair contributed by Australia to a silver lnkstand from Fiji. The table for the House comes from Canada and two dispatch boxes from New Zcaland. The entrance doors have been given by India and Pakistan, the clerks chairs by South Africa and the chair for the Sergeant-

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

What

MISTY ROADS

c, loveig country! pity one couidyitt secmore of it;

Lord Baldwin

(Winnipeg Free Press)

In May, 1923, Mr. Bonar Law resigned as Prime Minister of Britain. The successor was com- monly expected to be Lord Curzon and no one was more certain of this than Lord Curzon himself. On a Tuesday, May 22. as Hm-old Nicolson tells the story, Curzon waited at his home for the Royal summons. At. 3.30 p.m. Lord stam- fordham was announced. with some embarrassment he explained that the King had decided to send for Mr. Baldwin.

Curzon insisted that so ludicrous a decision should be reversed. Be- ing told this was impossible, he collapsed into a chair. "He wept. like a child, He had forgotten Baldwin. Nobody had ever thought of Baldwin. 'Not, even ii public flguref sobbed Curzon."

That was in 1923.

If today the average man were asked to recollect what. he could of lord Baldwin he might recall the lronmastcr's gift of 1914-18 profits to the state, the cabin boy's mutiny which landed Baldwin in office. and the successful handling of the general strike of 1926. But the chances are that memories of pra-war appeasement, the hriteful Hosre-Laval agreement, the cyni- cal statement about not telling the public the truth because it would lose an election would pre- dominate.

On another May 22. this one in' 1950 at Astley. near Bewdley, Mr. Churchill handed to the trustees, the deeds of A memorial to Lord Baldwin. His words are of interest. He said in part:

"He was the most formidable politician I have ever known in our public life. He had a profound knowledegg of the workings of the mind of the average man and a sincere desire to be helpful to them .

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"in his administration from 1924 to woo he achieved two enduring triumphs. The first was the Pact of Locarno, in the making of which he was earnestly sustained by sir Austen Chamberlain. This marked the highest point reached in the peaceful settlement of Eur- opa between the two world won. The second was the five yenn' steady improvement. judged by every test. in the standards of life, labor, and employment of the Bri- tish peoplc. There was nothing in our domestic life at the and of that period which, in spite of the harsh Interruption of the general strike, wu not markedly better at the end thin It the beginning.

''I hid parted political compan- ionship with him before he began his second term of power . . . In his second administration, for the greater part of which he was not officially Prime Minister but wielded the controlling powcr.'ho undoubtedly presided over 3 great recovery from the flnnnclel and economic collapse of mi, and brought us buck into study. stable and constantly Improving condi- tions of mtlonnl life.

"A whole series of foreign and military events with which he was not specially fitted to deul than broke in on his conduct. of 1 oma affairs. As I was his chief critic on these tunes, Ind my words are on record. I have 3 right. to de- clsra lien and now but his coui--' Ice Ind pntrlotiun did not full, although the truie course of events belted his judgement . . . Not all who new claim superior wisdom fol-our "whet Im an-

nt Arms by Ceylon.

pmnchlnl."

when in on significant omis- . .

sion from Mr. Churchill's record of Mr. Baldwin's achievements. It is perhaps the greatest of them 1111. ii. was Mr. Baldwin's handling of the abdication of King Edward VIII. Mr. Churchill, of course. was on the other side.

Never was Lord Baldwin's knowledge of the workings of the mind of the average mun more profound and never was ll case put more movingly to the House of Commons iind the nation. Lord Baldwin's unerring literary in. siinct led him to this quotation from Hamlet. It fitted the King's case to perfection:

"His greatness wci;;h'd his will is not his own: For he himself is subject to his

birth:

He may not, as unvaliicd persons

do. 1 Carve for himself, for on his choice i depends , The surely and health of this; whole state, i

And therefore'musl. his be circumscribed Unto the voice and yielding of

that body Whereof he is the hen ."

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NEGATIVE PRODUCTION WHITBY, l-lnglnnd - iCPi Thousands of bets have died here because bad weather has prevent- ed them from getting honey for themselves. some keepers kept their bees alive by feeding them last year's honey.

GI-IIPINGA, Southern Nhodcsiii -(CP)--The hood of a car driven by fnrmcr .1 Net was knocked off when a wounded buffalo, feigning death after it had been shot, charged as the car approached. Mr. Nel nnd a passenger were tin- injured.

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M'ii idle Age-Old Story

0 God. Thou art. terrible out. of Thy holy nlnceu: the God of Israel in He that glvcth strength and power unto His people.

, Electrical contractor

WIRING AND REPAIRING

ERNEST It. IMMSAI. 129 um An Phone 100)

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DARING ROBBERY

"We have just been informed of a most daring outrage and rob- bery on Dausc's Road, near the Wesl River, on Friday last. At 2 o'clock in the morning of that: day, the house of a Mr. James Grey was forcibly cntercd by three men. who had handker- chicfs tied over their faces, each a knife in his hand. and their coats turned inside out. The scaundrcls tied Grey with a pair of reins-bandaged his eyes, and put him under a table. By threat- Cninl to kill him and three small children who were in the house at the time. they compelled him

. to inform them where his money

was to be found, and having. through his direction. procured the key of the chest which con- tained it. they robbed their help- less victim of E32 105.. all the money he possessed. and then dc- camped.”

-Haszard's Gazette. June 6, 1855.

Horn: Wonk cos'rLy'

Wl-llTB.Y. Ont.. June 13 -(CF) - Alan Bali's homework cost him 5100 today. That was the fine for illegal possession of a still. Said Ball: "1 work for a distillery and i wanted to see if I could do it myself. it was just a matter of curiosity."

.I.P. Maci'liorson & son

MEN'S CLOTHING THAT FITS 157 Queen Street

COMPLETE VISUAL REFRAUTION and

ANALYSIS

G. F. HUTCHESON 8: SON Optometrists 53 Grafton St.

I A HNotesTI;y The Wa

A lld use In tint of the nun who spent: years looking for the "ideal woman" to marry, found her at last. and then discovered that she was looking for the ideal man. -Edmonton Journal.

The city fltbcrs are going to have themselves a jaunt. around the province this month. Council plans to travel in a body to sever- al centres to inspect sewage dia- posal plants. It has not been an- nounced wliether they will travel by chartered pliine, bus. train, or if they are hitch-hiking to save the wear and tear on the city trea- sury. If the trip results in our sewage disposal problem being solved here, it will be worth while. .- North Buy Nugget.

At High Wycombe, England. they weigh the mayor after his, first term of office. They have.

been doing it for 600 years. If the mayor puts on weight While in of- fice, he stands convicted of lazi- ness. In olden times. after such 3

discovery, the mayor was booed? and jeered in public. This year,! the mayor cleared himself of bill

suspicion that he was getting fat on the job. lie actually showed loss of weight. -St. Catherine's stan- dnrd.

Maples Ind clms grow with 1 good deal of rapidity, and they are hoth handsome. The sugar maple and the American elm are the best for road ornamentation. if not also for climatic betterment. As these trees are indigenous they need little iittentlon. For the first two years the grass should not be allowed to grow too close to the. stems, and water might usefully be put into the cavity about the roots to get. the trees away to 3 good start, Pruning should he re- sorted to especially in the case of the maples, or which the disposi- tion is to grow :1 round top. Guelph Mercury.

Fours have been justifiably ex- pressed that precious ground would be lost between now and September, when the new machLn- cry planned to link Common- wealth countries with other coun- tries interested in south-cnst. Asia should begin to lllnCf.l0l1, At Syd- ney the Asitin countries of the Commonwealth made it plain that they were concerned mcrcly with stcnimlmz the ndvunce of Communism; they insisted that all projects of this kind must be sound in themselves. This attitude is natural enough; but Mr. Butler reminded the House how great are the British nnd European in- tcrcsts now in the balance. The solid fact is thni. no amount of friendly Words but only deeds, in the shape of prompt and substant- ial assistance, will carry comic. tlon anvwhcre in south-cast Asia. -The Times, London.

JUNE. 14, 1950

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A Chicago mm 1;” ed. the first prize 1; , Restaurant. As5ociayf.lc:it1leI::uo;'m United states for the beat um sundae. It was s mpom, M '1: cream, various syrups, gum d, ' animal crackers and whip”: cream. That one doesn't. look D bad. but, we have looked wltli alarm at the polychromatlc con glomeratlons that are sometlm; offered to patrons of ice cram parlors under R fancy name in. Vented by the proprietor of gh, establishment. Glasses are piled high with almost revolting, gogey messes that must be I ierrlblq chore for the human stomach 1,. cope with. Once upon it time um. sundae was ll simple and delecz. able blend of titlllatlng dulcltud. but it is now the victim of In pg. when there is more compiem, about everything. -st. Thom. Times-Journal.

been nwud.

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TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOCNG

The WM You won your town gm race We chaired you through the murk- et-place; Man and D01! stood ch 5,. And home we bore you ghou1dg',, . high.

Today, the road all runners come

Shoulder-high we bring you hom.g

And set you at your threshold down.

Townsman of ii stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip bettmu sway

From fields where glory does not stay ,

And early though the laurel grow.

It withers quicker than the mag.

Eyes the shady night has shut

cannot see the record out,

And silence sounds no worse than cheers

After earth has stopped the 9.5,

Now you will not swell the rout

Of lads that were their bonrvmg Out,

Runners whom renown nvutriin

And the mime died before the man

so set before its echo:-i fade The fleet foot, on the sill of shade And hold to ohc low llntel up The still-defended chailerige-clip. C

And round that cu-ly-liiurellcd bend

Wlll flock to gaze the strengthleci

dead.

And find unwlthni-ed on its curl: The gllrlnnd briefer than it trlrl's.

-A. E. Hotislnln

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Dr. A. L. Maclsoac

DENTIST Dental X-Ray

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Phone 291

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Collections Mon V to Don 00 Great George Street

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Dr. W. R. Carson

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J. S. TAYLOR

Optometrist lye! examined. glance fil- tel

Corner Kent at Queen! Its Office Phone I958-llnnu I013

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