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PAGE FOUR N , THE GUARDIAN

Authorised II Second Cluil Mall Poo! Oflloo Department. Ottawa. Tho Inland Guudian Publishing Co.

President and Anloclnh Editor. Inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Funk Wnllicr.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Inland like the dew”

f'Tho Strongest Memory is Woakn Than the Weaker inf".

-e-iiknEo'rrErovi.'sEA'runpAiTri;nfisTI952- Their Finest Hour

A sombre but magnificent page of Bri- tish history was turned yesterday. All the pomp and pageantry of a Royal funeral seemed for once in perfect harmony with the occasion. Millions of his former sub- jects throughout Canada and the Common- wealth participated in spirit with the mourners assembled in London and Wind- sor to pay tribute to a beloved sovereign, whose passing has evoked more sincere ex-I pressions of grief than perhaps that of any ruler in the long procession of his pre- decessors.

Let us remember him as he lived, and, for the noble example he set of faith and; fortitude. Britain needs these virtues today. The people of Britain, like those of Canada and the rest of the Commonwealth, pray that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's reign- may be long, prosperous, and peaceful, or, if that may not be. victorious. The reign of King George VI, of blessed memory, saw in its all too brief span both wars and de- pression but those very misfortunes enab- led the British people and the king to riscl to their finest hour. i

No one wants hardship and danger but that heroic response of a whole 1390919 1") the challenge of Hitierism, inspired by his late Majesty's example, will long shine in the pages of history. It is to be fervently hoped that such hardihood will not again be necessary either by Her Majesty's sub- jects in the British Isles- or elsewhere, but, should the need unfortunately arise it will be met.

-FA Fuzzy Age

Intending to show that even the experts do not understand what abstract art is all about. at Vancouver youth submitted a "masterpiece" to the Toronto Art Gallery with a request for "some constructive crit- icism." The work of art actually was cut from a piece of cardboard on which artists and engravers had cleaned their brushes and spray-guns. It was christened ”Melan-. colia in a Swamp." i

The dead-pan reply from the Gallery told exactly what it was, making use of some words of more than two syllables. The humourist was delighted, thinking that it was a serious attempt at criticism, as, seem- ingly, did large numbers of other people.

The Gallery has the last laugh in this little episode but it is far from funny that inability to understand the English lan- guage should have become so general.

Serious Student Sliortdge

. . I Noted with some concern in an Ottawir

exchange is the fact that the number of- students attending Canadian universities this year is 5,000 less than in last yearlsj enrolment. The 1952 graduating class is smaller than its predecessor by about 1,5f)0.l And the trend is toward even smaller, classes. In 1954, only about 10,000 young,i university-trained Canadians will be avail-, able to, replenish the personncls of business. industry. the professions or the govcrnmc-nt' service. And of this number, possibly 2,000; will be lured to the green pastures of the: United States. i

In a period of great industrial tx- pansion, industry and business need more' engineers. scientists and technicians Jhanf ever before. Yet the prospects are thali they will not be able to fill their normal" minimum requirements of professional per-' sonnel. The reasons for this situation are, of course. fairly obvious. The birthrate of V the depression years was low; consequently , the number of Canadians now in the fresh- man-age group is below normal. Moreover, l

t the high cost of tuition fees, books. board.

and clothing probably prevents many from taking university training. In this connection it.

-to note the recent decision of the; ,emment to consider the establishment of, national bursaries. scholarships and fellow-j ships, in accord with the decision of-the; Federal Government to provide financial. aid to Canadian universities, and the con-; slderntlon being 'given to establishment of national bursaries. scholarships and fellow- shlpo. This plan will enable Canadian un-9

is encouraging I

-.,--ivenltlel to, l the best students, irre- f opoctlvo of

, financial resources. it is

that within a year such a scheme will be put into effect. In the meantime. "induct, tho lnunodlgto problem involved in decline in student attendance 4 .

at our universities is one of grave import- ance. One of the branches of higher ed- ucation most seriously affected has been the humanities. Such studies do not promise financial reward, nor do they attract fi- nancial eld, as readily as the natural and social sciences. Yet, to quote the words of the President of the University of To- ronto. ”thcy. are in very truth the essence of our Western civilization, the loss or ne- glect of which would vitiate our entire ed- ucational process and make us unworthy to be ranked as a civilized country."

E DITORIAL NOTES Toiiitirmiv. Scxagesima.

Now "business as usual", and more of it.

Constitutional inoiiarchy never

got a

better testimonial than in the death and

funeral of George VI--it was magnificent. O O I

Mr. Vincent Massey, Governor-General

designate, is scheduled to fly to this comi-

try today.

Our exports for the first month of 1952 showed a considerable decrease in quan- tity, but a substantial increase in value-- the law of supply and demand.

I I I

It is hard luck for the lighthouse keep- ers on the St. Lawrence but on the other hand the Maritime ports of Saint John and Halifax must be relieved that the ice- breaker Lady Grey was unable to get

through the river ice.

it is now gcneralry recognized at Ot- tawa that the Government will not go to the country for a new mandate until 1953. They enjoy a substantial majority, and their experience in the by-elections last year has shown them the necessity of carefully mending all their fences before making a general election appeal.

O O I

"The Ilappy Time" play is now at St. James's, London. Sir Laurence Olivier be- gan his season at the St. Jamesls Theatre, London, Jan. 30th with Samuel Taylor's dramatization of Robert Fontaine's "The Happy Time"-chronicle of at French-Canes dian family living in Ottawa in the '20's, previously broadcast by CBC.

O O I

George Macaulay Treveiyan. English historian, was born this date 1876. Educat- ed at Cambridge, he was Commandant of the 1st British Ambulance Unit in Italy in the First World War. His publications combine great scholarship with readability. His ”English Social l-iistory" was an out- standing best-seller.

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The decision of nearly all Nova Scotiaii municipalities to go on Daylight Saving Time together from April 27 to Sept. 28 re- moves one of the most serious objections to the practice. The confusion of having dif- ferent dates for the change-over is elimin- ated by the uniform dates proposed by the Canadian Railway Association.

0 O I

Dr. George Fisher. Director of Veterin- ary Services. has been advising a class of young farmers at the Vocational Collegc that individual farmers should be ablelto determine whether or not veterinary serv- ices are required for particular troubles encountered in their live stock. They should

themselves recognize symptoms without calling in experts. I O I Ycstcrdayls issue carried a despatch

from London in which the BBC was crit- icized as having wrapped the nations in gloom. Most listeners in Canada very much appreciated the quiet music of the CBC 1's housewives were not in the mood for gaiety. The different soap operas usually carried during the women's working hours were

considcratoly withheld.

I O 0

Parliament resumes within the next fortnight under a new Governor-General, and with a heavy programme before it. The redistribution legislation alone will be good for a month or six iveeks' discussion. Several leading members will lose their seats in consequence of the shifts of pop- ulations and will have to seek pastures new, not an easy matter, especially in a

,province like Saskatchewan, mostly agri-

cultural.

Holiness, writes Commissioner Samuel Bcngle. D.D., in the current ”War Cry", is not absolute perfection, which belongs to God only; not is it angcllc perfection; nor is it Adamlc perfection-for, no doubt Adam had a perfect head as well as a perfect heart before he sinned against God. But it is Christian perfection-such perfection and obedience of the heart as a poor fallen creature, aided by almighty power and boundless grace, can give. It is that state of heart and life which consists in being and doing all the time--not by fits and starts, but steadily-just what God wants us to be and do.

.Govcrnmenl.' purchased potatoes

THE GUARDIAN.

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PUB LIC FORUM

Thin column in open to the discussion by orcupondento of question: of Interest. The Guardian does not necessar- fly or an opinion of correspondents.

POTATO MARKETING

Sir,-The Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture in their recent. public letter pleaded for cconoihic freedom for the farmer. All thinking persons will H8790 that political and economic free- dom are the Ioundntion of our clviilzation. and until this state was reached farmers were but serfs to the land. .

It. is therefore passing strnnlze that. the leaders of the Fedora- tion should attempt. l-hroulh the agency of a Marketing Board armed with autocratic powers, to force all growers to come under their views of quota marketing through I. board monopoly. with added taxation by decree: thus taking from the farmer the right to market his crop when and where he feels to his best ad- vantage. The intention may be benevolent, but the long history of such actions in areas similar to ours has resulted in the end an economic loss to the producer who stuck to the ship. and the failure of the planned economy. Every effort of any locality to buck the trend of a potato mar- ket has always ended in disas- ter.

The desire and hope for A bet- ter future market has always been with both the agency and the grower, and it does effect the thinking of the trade. The small operator can follow his ex- pcricnce, but: it there is only one big -monopoly. that. organization must. of necessity keep stock mov- ing: and the result is that the lower price market will prevail. For economic freedom and econ- omic welfare. keep away from a potato dictator.

The Marketing Board have gone to great. lengths to justify their expenses during the past. seasons. it can be pointed out however that in other years of surplus. advantageous plans were

worked out. We remember the British order which helped in i947. and the 92c per 100 lbs.

starch program for both the fall and spring operations of the fac- tories. also the year when the

from the farmers. and let them remain on the form for fced. When tlic present pun-hasiii; value of the dollar is compared with the 1945-1943 value. no Board should put itself on the back for last. year's arrangement.

The older growers remember the Eastern Canada Marketing Board for potatoes in 1934. and the great. fiasco that it turned out to be. That. Board had all five Provincial. and the Dominion Government behind it -- and yet 1934 was the worst year the po- tato grower ever experienced.

Those who have been in the produce business over A period of years. and have survived its hazards, are quite aware that all potato market forocastl are for moro likely to be wrong than the forecasts concerning the weather. and if amateur: are expressing official opinion. and the public pay attention to them, dlsutrous results will nurcly follow.

The potato dealer: feel that. the future of our industry is in dWbl- II other producing areas have doubled their average yield '" ll" 1'19 10 item. and we have tuned behind. Last. year the av- erase Vlold of Certified Seed Po- tatoea in Malne.wu 48: bumclg, cornmued with 210 bulhell hm her here. Other: are lowering the 0053- Mr butlicl produced. while our colt II increasing.

If the now variety, CIIISO. Drove: out an it is forecast to do. and provide: I largo yield of lood potatou without spraying. small growers near conluminl

QOQOOMOOO

it The Age-illd Story

mi, every one that thlroteth, come ya to the waters. and he that hath no money: come ye. buy. and eat; yen, come. buy wine and milk without money and with- out price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not: broad! and your labour for that which ontlsfleth not? Henrltcn diligently unto me. and cat yo that which Is good. nntl let your soul delight itself in fatness.

can by rail. that we will be ghut out of all Tablcsbock Markets, and have left to us only water shipments and Southern sccd re- quirements.

These are the type of problems which require the most. urgent attention of our Department of Agriculture, and all others inter- ested in the welfare of the Prince Edward island Potato industry.

We are, Sir. etc, POTATO DEALERS ASSOCIATION

is THE WARD svsrl-:.u OBSOLETE Sir, -An analysis of the figures revealed as in result of the civic

election presents some strange contrnsts. For oxaniplc. we find a defeated candidate in VVnrd 5

pulling two voles more than the combined vote of the elected and defeated candidates in Ward 2. Similarly. in Ward 4, a defeat- cd candidate received it'll votes more thou the vote of the elect- rd and defeated candidates com- bined in Ward .'l. Finally, one randidale in Word 5 received 115 more votes than the combined vote recorded for the four Coun- cillors elected outside Ward 5. When the lower Wards of the

Clly were more residential. the Ward system wns not without significance; but. today, when

only Ward 5 liiis room for ex- pansion, with in city populntlon ex- cccdlng 15.000 and growing rapid- l,v. some change nppeiirs to be de- sirahle. Perhaps n Cnuncil of ten. elected by the City as a whole. would be an improvement: certainly it would "bring out the vote" which appciirs to be a dif- flcult matter under the present. system. The interest. in the City will be sustained, prc-election promises invarlnhly rcnrl."l will do my best for the city as a

whole" which would still apply. All too often. members of the Council are unable to attend im- portanl. meetings because of urgent cnztiscmcnts in connection with their own huslcnss. The business of the City in increallng by leaps nnd bounds. The two ed- dltional Councillors would defin- ltcly ease the burden. Future planning and spending make no provision for "absent lreiitmcnt."

t I am. Sir ctr.

OBSERVER.

ATTHEEN1)

A late lark twitter: from the quiet akin;

And from the west,

Where the sun, his day'I work ended.

Linger: as in content.

There fall: on the old grey city

An influence luminous and serene.

A shining peace.

The smoke ascend!

In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires

Shine and are changed. in the valley

Shadows rise. The lurk sing: on. The sun. 1

Closing his benediction.

Sinks. and the darkening nlr

Thrills with the sense of triumphing nlght-

Night. with her train of stars

And her great gift of sleep.

the

So be my passing! My task accomplished long day done. My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing. Let me be gathered to the quiet west. The sundown splendid and serene: Death.

and the

-W. E. Henley.

Old Charlottetown (And P. !.'. r. )

TWO FEW REGULARS

House of Assembly. Wednesday, Oct. 28. 1825:

Mr. odgson presented to the House the draft of an address as follows. which was read and agreed to'

"May it please your Excellency.

"We his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects. the House of As- sembly of Prince Edward Island. beg leave to call your Exccllencyb attention to the present unpro- tected slate of this Colony. whilst a lRl'lIC number of regular troops are constantly quartered in the neighboring Provinces for the inn seven years, there has never been more than thirty men, at one time, within this Island, although in none of them can soldier: be more confortably lodged and cheaply subslsted.

"We entreat your Excellency to make known in the proper quar- ter. there our wants. and use your influence for their remedy."

l-lER.'i'IOtR.D. England - (OP) - When John McKee underwent an operation here surgeons recov- ered five shotgun pellets from his stomach. It is believed Mcxeo shot a bird and then ate it with-

out removing the pellets.

SAVlllli'iS PLAY

It in good buoin'eu to buy

dowmen t.

OFFICES: t'ChnrIouctown

ceniru can deliver to much mnra economically by truck than we,

In the battle aigaliist- inflation

nor Linc INSUIIANCE AND snvn voun MONEY

The urn!-Went Life Aoounnco Company in the Champion of Thrift and this uuuuim of uiouunou of cumum I-lomon. wa will ho glad of In opportunity to nerve yod.

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AOIZNTI TIIIOIJOIIOUT I'll PIOVINCI

A VITAL: PART

Life Insurance, Ponolon or En-

lnmmontdo Montuno

A piano-pinyin; hunch poodle in Hollywood has been awarded in union card. The next step, we suppose. is to get. his views on 1 third term for President Truman. -Windsor star.

The first month of this your pro- vided evidence why this province II called "Sunny Albcrta"- at icon by those of us who live here. In Edmonton. the official count of hours of sunshine during January totalled 80.5. which is three hours more than the average 85.4 hours for the first month of the yeax. By contrast. Vancouver last. month had only 8.9 hours of sun- shine, the least ever recorded in a month. Normally. Vancouver can count on something like 47.1 hours 0! sunshine during Janu- uy. -Edmonton Journal.

There are reasons. aside from national temperament, why Cn- nndlans are the moat. life insur- once conscious people in the world; chief of which is. of course that not one dollar entrusted to a Canadian life insurance institu- tion evcr has been lost. It is ques- tlonable whether a similar claim can b made for the business in any other country in the world. In the light of the public confi- dence engendered by such 3 re- cord, the pre-eminence of Cann- dians as owners of life insurance protection is understandable. Montreal Financial Times.

Canadian Communist; have in- stituted a major change in their activities. There is no change. of course, in their strategy. which is to weaken Western democracy by every available means no that d ;,- it will lack the strength to block the aggression: of Sov- iet. Russia. But in their tactics. the method of reaching their fin- al objective, the Communists thovc turned ll sharp corner. It mod to be that their major atten- tion was toward the trade unions but most union men have now re-

FEBRUARY 15,

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combed than fake Irletu-15 labor for what they are and kicked them out. so no party faithful Iiiive lllllivi quick clianzc. Tlicy mm. their overalls and rioiiiicii costumes and artists''smnci;g " stase properties mid st-enml Tm shifted accordingly. out i

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lathes and in come the 93' em and pianos. The clem.11lvmh' non of the drawing .-..,,,;, dict itself. The soirce 1-c,,,,,,.,.5 ,f5"tf square. Culturiil actii-ii-"3i”l:kf' now become the chasm 1,...” meat for Soviet IIOHCV 1,, Cm-aaii.

-'Wll"'llPCIz Free Press

Curling is more til , ins contest. It is a iv-;:."o51;,,:”';:"

cause the lessons learned in

ternity are basic 1 1 aim out which the fulleg: "fix-pcli:s,,71.Iff

lzen-ship cannot be attained

lng contributes much to the . ' of life. It teaches good Finrytsham. ship; it teaches that vi.-i'or "i:”"' worth the candle if gracye not courtesy are lost. in the "m it Cnlfendero a spirit. trust and llllfiCl”Siilll(lill': it cements fl'ielldSl'lip.s ,

hood which are lastiiiagx. 'rhI50,,m"i the lessons which can come emu?! o. bonspiel well played. gmdh cine Hot News. N

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looked like ll'0meil n-iTilim:i,..:.m1"'" est coilfures. There was even IL distant day when men looked 11; women and wore the cui-lv win; the cavalier era. And oi you"; back in the early "goal wqmm mg off their hair and even c,,1,..”5, N sembled the male or the Slucies. But today-Ioday the llnntfil loci like animals! one has only to pick up It recent: issue of nny 0: gm latest women's magazines. tum Q. the 111311011 Dunes and there in; will see the hair-dots for ll'0l1lp;,) advertised as either "linisc tail.x' or "poodle cuts." And tlirv are up exactly the way they soi.i.;1,'

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