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THE GUARDIAN

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHABLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, DEC. 18, 1950

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In a sceptical age, Santa Claus is still going strong. The evidence is all around us as the Christmas festival approaches its meridian. The store windows and shelves present a dazzling array of suitable gifts of all kinds, with prices as varied as the goods on display. Today's Christmas number will, it is hoped, serve as a useful guide to all our readers in their Christmas shopping chores. We trust, also that its other fea- tures will be enjoyed by young and old.

Like music, the spirit of Christmas makes the whole world kin--at least the whole Christian world. In this great com- munity of nations the hallowed anniversary is celebrated in different ways, and in to- day's issue an attempt has been made to present at first hand some of the Christ- mas customs and traditions of other coun- tries as well as our own. Helpful com- munications have been received in this con- nection from the Belgian Ambassador to Canada, the Ministers of Sweden and Switzerland at Ottawa, the Counsellor at the Netherlands Embassy, the French and United Kingdom Information Offices, and the Secretaries of the Legations of Fin- land and Yugoslavia. In some cases these good neighbour representatives forwarded specially written articles for our purpose, and we are privileged indeed to share these communications with our readers.

An Indian Gift

An Indian gift, so the story goes, is something that you bestow on someone whose favor you seek today, only to take it away from him tomorrow. The old age pension proposals of the Federal Govern- ment are a bit like that. Everybody of 70 or over, says the Federal Government,

. ought to receive a pension of S4000 a l month without a means test. At the same time. taxes are to be raised to meet mount- ing defence costs. and an entirely new tax is to be imposed to pay for the pensions.

Nobody questions for a moment the de- sirability of providing some measure of se- curity for people who find themselves des- titute in their old age. Everyone of 70, or, for that-matter, of 65 years, who is suffer- ing or in want for the necessities of life, has a deserving claim for consideration.

The trouble is that the pension scheme proposed by Ottawa is designed to convey the impression that everybody, whether he needs it or not, will benefit from the ar- rangement. No means test means a che- que of 3i40.00 for every Canadian of sev- l enty or over whether he has no income or an adequate income. It sounds nice.

The catch, of course, is, that the man who does not need the pension will have it collected back from him in the form of taxes, plus two-way administration costs. Those who do need the pension will get it in debased currency, because the distribu- tion of an additional 3250 million in cash is bound to be inflationary, just as the Baby Bonus was inflationary Lots of men will pay the proposed special pension tax for years, then die before they reach 70, and have nothing to show for their pains. If they were left free to invest in life in- surance what they would be compelled to pay by way of pension tax, at least they

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. Feed Value of Potatoes

A survey of experiments made by state agricultural colleges and elsewhere, which was conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, indicates that the feeding of cull or surplus potatoes to livestock can be profitable for both growers and feeders. This is a good thing to remember at a time when potato prices are ruinously low.

In general, from 400 to 450 pounds of fresh potatoes seem to be equal to 100 pounds of an average grain mixture. Po- , tatoes are about equal to good corn silage, -, and about one-third as valuable as alfalfa , , hay. Also, potatoes possess twice as much - digestible nutrient as beet tops. or beet I ,-. pulp.

According to the summary of the U. 8. survey made by the Nort Dakota Exten-

sions Service," dairy cows may be safely fed up to 35 pounds of potatoes daily, pre- ferably olong with a high-protein, legume roughage, to compensate for the low. per- centage of protein in the potatoes. For boef cattle, potatoes can replace port of the hey endgraln lend, beginning with three go dellygthe amount may E

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be increased to 20 pounds per day.

For fattening lambs and wintering ewes, fresh potatoes may be used. Some U. S. commercial feeders claim that if fed to ewes, immediately after lambing, potatoes fnake the ewes milk more abundantly. For hogs, cooked potatoes make excel; lent feed, but fed raw, are worth only half to two-thirds as much. It is found that cooked potatoes may replace up to half the grain mixture usually fed to hogs.

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Notwithstanding all the talk, prophecies, etc, to be or not to be is still the question regarding a floor for potatoes. Nothing definite has been divulged.

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With the week before Christmas comes a change from mutual congratulation over the mild season to concern at the possibil- ity of a ”green Christmas." 0 O U St. James Church choir, city, advertise an unusually attractive programtne for their concert tonight; it should draw a large discerning audience. I O 0 Farm woodlots need no recommenda- tion so far as benefit to the soil is con- cerned, and the Rustico demonstration station shows that they also have cash value that is not to be despised. C O 0 Foreign Secretary Bevin indicated what may well be the Achilles heel of Soviet solidarity when he pointed out that, ”With- out using a single fighting man, they are using Chinese manpower to get the United

States involved."

If the late arrival of winter can be ta- ken as part of a continuing trend, Island farmers may before long be raising two or more crops per year, with an accompanying jump in land values.

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The solid vote of the Soviet bloc against the U. N. Assembly motion 'to set up a committee to seek cease-fire in Korea shows that, while China is doing the fight- ing on the spot. the other Soviet satellites are fighting the same battle at Lake Suc- cess.

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An Australian couple are making a Canadian tour in search of modelling sub- jects and to ”pick up Canadian culture." If they had delayed their project until Par- liamerit sits they would have had it hand- ed to them within the covers of.the Royal Commission report.

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"Get rich quick" exploiters have got short shrift in Bloemfontein, the former capital of the Orange Free State. It took three years, and an expense of a million dollars to secure their punishment but at last three are now in durance vile, with fines in addition, which will go a long way to defray the cost of their prosecution-a case where the punishment fits the crime.

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Canada is drinking itself out of debt at the rate of some one million six hundred thousand dollars a day. Fifty per cent of that revenue is returnable to the Federal and Provincial Governments in duties, taxes, licences and other revenue duty. In other words, on every pint of beer, wine or hard liquor the consumer pays half the price to the governments. Here we paid !5560,722 for what we drank, 3280361 of which went into government exchequers.

It now seems that it is people who think too much who are behind many traf- fic accidents. An exchange notes that pro- fessors ”are the worst offenders when it comes to having something on their mind besides, their driving." There may be something to a recently expressed view that high grade morons make the best drivers because they 'do not get bored at the wheel and start thinking about some- thing worlds away.

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It is long ago since G. B. Shaw wrote to the Times, London, that not Germany, not Japan, but Russia and its Communism would be the problem Europe would have ultimately to face. This, too, he wrote be- fore World War II. Russia's economic policy was not Fabianism, which he himself favoured, but a crude system of administra- tion guided by self-interest regardless of the consequences on those governed. This is now being realized as fact.

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Charles Wesley, English religious leavi- er, brother of John Wesley, most prolific of Englaish songsters, writing over 6,000 hymns, including "Jesus Lover of My Soul", and "0 For a Thousand Tongues to Sing." Educated at Oxford where he was a mem- ber of a society qerisively called the Holy Club, or-Methodists, as all their plans, prac- tices and behaviour were the outcome of previous arrangement and strictly adhered to, he became the poet of the evangelical

revival created by John and his society, -

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondente of questions of Interest. The Guardian doesnoi necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

'o'u'-'ln'U'-"-'u'hHn'ifn'ln'nt. CALENDAR REFORM

Sir, - Christmas. on 9. Monday this year, will always come on 11 Mcnday when the perpetual World Calendar of 12 months and equal quarters is in use.

Harassed storekeepers. tired sales- people. overworked postmen and the people generally can finish work, shopping and gift-buying Saturday evening to enjcy a restful Sunday on which to prepare and give thanks for the Mcnday observance of the Christmas spirit - Glory to God in the highest. and good will toward men.

Christmas has a depth and poig- nancy of feeling this year, height- ened by- the realization that there is little peace on earth. Hence we are living in a state of uncertainty, confusion and unrest. we are up- prehensive. We have missed the way cf peace and harmony,

The Honorable Trygvz Lie, sec- retary-General of the United Na- tions, in his address on October' 24th said: "We must not forget that the United Nations Charter sets forth the principles of a new world order. This new wcrld order must. onothe other hand, increase the op- portunities for peaceful change and progress in all parts of the world."

To this new world order belongs a nz-v time order. Tl-le'Wor'd Calen- dar. in which all the different time- unit.s in their various functicns co- ordinatn and ngrs-e perfectly at the end of every quarter seasonal year. Order and harmony prevail in the arrangement of this new t.ime-meas- nrer. :1 change hclng brought about through peaceful means.

With the United Nations strivimz for world order in every possible way, we should also wcrl: for the adoption -of Thecworld Cale.-1da' - a new world order of harmollv and stabllltv in cur instrument nf time that will contribute to greater un- rlc-rstanding. cooperatlcn and un- itv.

Perpetual Christmas may be a beginning. a welcome. long-desired harbinger of more peaceful days ahead and the angel's song of "peace on earth" mme nearer to reality.

Wishing vou a holiday season of

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- V GOVERNOR'S LEV EE

"On Friday last, His Excellency sir Donald Campbell held his first Levee at Government House. which was more numerously at- tended than on any forme occlu- sion we ever recollect have witnessed. His Excellency was dressed in his official costume as Lieutenant Governo-:1 and appear- ed ln perfect. good health.

"The following were admitted to the privilege of the entree: I-ion. E. J. Jarvis, Chief Justice; Hon. R. I-iodgson, P. C. L.; Lt. Colonel Lane; I-ion. T. H. Haviland. C. 5.: G. R. Goodman, C. H. M. C.; Hon; J. S. MacDonald: Hon. Charles Hensley, Hon. George Coles, Hon. J. M. ivioll, Members of the Execu- tive Council; Hon. Joseph Pope. Speaker of the House of Assembly: Capt. .Bayfield, R. N.; Rev. L. C. Jenkins, D. C. L.

"After which the doors of the Anti-Chamber, were thrown open and Major J. Spencer Smith, Aide de-Camp, announced individually the following gentlemen:

"Hon. G. Dalrymple. I-ion. J.-H. Peters, S. G.; Hon. Charles Young, Q. G.: Hon. Stephen Rice, Hons William Swabey. Hon. George Bir- nle, Capt. Bayfield, R. N.; Dr. Kel- ly, R. N.; Mr. Forbes, R. N.: Mr. Desbrisay, R. N.; Capt. Evans, Lieut. Campbell, R. W. 13.; Mr. Nash, D. 0. S.; Mr. Lane, D. A. C. G.: Major Peter Maccowan. S. A.: Rev. David Fitzgerald, Rev. Mr. Rhand, Edward Palmer, M. P. Pr, J. ll. Conlroy, M. P. P.; John Longworth, M. P. P: T. H. Havi- land, M. P. P.: M.r. Sheriff Stewart; Daniel Hodgson, C. C.: George Wright, S. G.: Thomas Owen, D. P. M. G.: William Cundall, J. 13.: J. D. I-Iaszard, Q. P.: J. 13.: Daniel Elrennn, J. P.: T. B. Tremaine, J. P.: Theo. Desbrisay. J. P.; John Morris, J. 13.; Dennis Reddin, J. P.; J. D. MacDonnell, C. E; William Florgan, B. L.; Henry Palmer. B. L.; Major Robinson, - Major Rankin, Capt. Mabey, Lieut. Gates, Lt. Col. Stewart, Major Beete, Capt. Burns, Dr. Mackieson, Dr. Hobklrk, Dr. Trcmaln. Messrs. Samuel Nelson, Cavle Richardson, J. S. Dealy, C. Dempsey. David Wilson, John Bovyer, William Stewart, Joseph MacDonald, H. D. Morpeth, Thom- as Pethick, Robert Hutchinson, L W. Gall, W. G. T. Jarvis, J Arhuck-

le, R. A. Feilowcs, W. C. Hodgson.

I Was Just Thinking

(Sandy Todd in Weekly Scotsman)

A speech he made at Shoreditch the other day gives us e. new in- sight into the character of Mr. Aneurin Bevan. It seems that the Minister of Health is what is pop- ularly known as "a. good mixer." and he wants to see the population more thoroughly mixed than it is just nmv. No more West Ends and Easut Ends for Mr. Bevan.

"In making our new housing es- tates," he said, "we must try to mix up the population as much as possible, because it is undesirable that people of different income groups should be liv-ing in differ- ent locali-ties. They get wrong ideas about each other."

Once Mr. Bevan has got the population thoroughly "mixed up" - that phrase. by the way, may act as a sort of political boomer- ang--the "fellows with the rolled- up umbrellas" are going to live next door to "the chaps with the caps."

The Minister's ideas about the insignia of social distinction are somewhat naive. Some of the "chaps with caps" that I have run across have turned out to be belt- ed earls, millionaires. or Cabinet Ministers. and the "fellows with the rolled-uvp umbrellas." as often as not, have proved to be no high- er in the social strata than shop assisniants or solicitors' clerks.

However, if Mr. Bevan wants to see the whole gamut of society in one block of flats or in one colony of "prefabs." we must give him the credit of being inspired by the highest ideals of brotherhood. There's no reason why the baronet and the bo-ilermaker shouldn't be pcnfectly good neighbours. For t-ha-t matter. would it not be a good thing if our politicians got to know each other better by sharing the same. roof-tree? Just imagine, for instance. if Mr. Bevan and Mr. Churchill were neighbours . . . . Yes, just imagine!

Far from being down and out. Britain is on the up-and-uip. Every day sees an increase in the price 011 something or other.

The price of petrol goes up. so

.....m.L::-:-2 lsrael Fellows, W. H. Pope. (1. W. Deblols, R. B. Stewart, James Coles, l-lenlry 1-laszard, Ben). E'. Wright. George T. Haszard, James Des- brisay. W. H. Lobban, James Pope, Robert l-laviland. C. H. Smith, George Owen. John Davis, jr.. W. S. Lcngworth. W. Iv. Watson, James Moore."

-The Islander, Dec. 24. 1341.

spiritual blessings, and that with the spirit rf God in our hearts all will be well. , I am. Sir. etc. EITZABEYYH ACHELIS The World Calendar Association, Inc. New York City.

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THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS

The Child in a foul stable.

Where the beasts feed and foam.

only where He was homeless

Are you and I at home:

we have hands that fashion and heads that know.

But our hearts we lost-how long

ag - In 3 place no chart nor ehip can show Under the sky's dome.

This we;-id is wild as an old wives' to e.

And strange the plain things are.

The earth is enough and the air is enough

For our wonder and our war;

But. our rest is as for as the tire- drnke ewlnge

And our peace is put in impossible things

Where clashed and thundered un-

. thlnkable wings -

hound an incredible am-.

To an open house in the evening

Home shell men come.

To an older place than Eden

And a taller town than Home.

To the end of the way of the wen- dering eier.

To the things that cannot be but that are,

To the place homelese

And all men are at home.

-G. K. ciiuterton.

manna." wuunu-e. named - (or) - Police Inspector Stlnlay Jones is proud of his collection of

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300 distinctive police bodgei. gu- nered in I long ontl-crime career.

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How to give

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He trade: it in for the Stetlon of. his choice.

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DECEMBER Tie, 1950

"The

Mdluobuuite. is unbu-king on o M 3 recent gathering or

new eaonarllncnt in social legisla- tion by forbidding discrimination against workers in the 45 to 65 age l'l'WD- Whlli the policy of refusing to hire workers eciely become of their age is socially wasteful and should be discouraged. we doubt the efficacy of ttempte at legis- lative enforcement of this sort of nondlecri ' wry policy, For 11 employers do not choose to hire old- er WOHIEH. they can usually find reason other than age for then re- Section. - Washington Post.

Every one in e. while one been the remark that newspapers make :00 many mistakes. Well don't we all? Can you imagine that, a newsperpe. making errors? Yes, they certainly do make errors and hetlps of them. and so do people who criticize the mistakes made by newspapers. Consider for a moment if you will-did you ever hear of the woman who forgot to put the tea in the teapot of hot. water; the woman who forgot to salt the potatoes or meat; the lawyer who never- lost a case be- cause he made some mistake; the clerk who never made an error putting up an order; the doctor who never made I wrong' diag- nosis; a postal employee who never put mall in the wrong box; a cnnpenier who never sawed a valuable board off eat the' wrong place; or the dlruggist who never . . . Oh. well. why bother?-- Smiths Fallsyllecord-Ne-ws.

you decide to walk. Then comes the announcement that shoe re- pairs are to be dearer and shoes are to cost more, so you decide it would be cheaper to take the bus. Then the bus fares go up.

I don't know whether this is the "vicious spiral" that Sir Stafford Cripps used to warn us about, but

vottoniete, 1 speaker, in a very presslve way, called attention” the folly of public men who n constantly stating to the afb that the resources of Canada-' boundless and that the forest ;. mineral supplies are "lliexljgl lble." so far as our mincux-lls W concerned. the fact is that, pm we do not know the extent of ' resources, we know only too iw that when the whole of the ea,” omlc mineral is removed from . single lot. all that is left is n 1:; in the ground; and we are eq sure that. with the present nu of onsumption of worth Wm. pine and spruce trees, the ,5", generation will find themsq-JV. destitute unless effective '5 are taken to replace the abstzm, ed trees with others planted hand. - Woodstock Senl.lue1:m' view.