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THE GUARIDIIAIE

-' Authorised as Second um. Mun ?.vu Office Dcpu-fluent. Ottawo. The Island Uulrdlnn Publlnhlug U0.

CIRCULATION Total City Zone 3.185 Retail Trading Zone -... 8.451 All Others 826 total Net Paid .. 13.018

Editor unvl Mannzln Dlrocoor. J. is Jurnen Associate Editor, Frn.nkL Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLJTTETOWN. TUESDAYT DEC. 12, 1950-0

Rural Mall carriers

The Post Office Department is perhaps the branch of Government with which the public is most frequently in contact. The mail carrier is ordinarily a daily visitor to the great majority of homes both in town and country and it is of great importance that nothing should impair this service.

The rural carrier, however, is not in an enviable position. Although the Depart- ment has an enormous number of routes extending to points in almost every part of Canada, there is no attempt to put the em- ployment of carriers on a par with that in other large-scale industries.

He has no minimum wage, no gu1ra:i- teed condition of labour, no pension scheme and not even reasonable security of em- ployment. By a freakish hang-over from another era he is not an employee at all but is regarded as an independent con- tractor. He must bid for the privilege of carrying the mails and is not infrequently up against the nedessity of meeting the impossibly low bids of others who either do not know or care what is necessary to maintain a proper service.

It is high time the whole system was abolished and rural carriers allowed a fair compensation for their work in addition to their out of pocket expenses.

The Adjourned tfonforoco

As Prime Minister St. Laurent himself indicated at the Dominion-Provincial con- ference on social security and taxation last week, the only real hope of any of us for security lies in the prevention of another world war. The conference seemed rath- er academic in the light of the momentous issues facing the United Nations in the Far East, and it is not surprising that it ad- tiourned rather abruptly, after having reached a certain amount of agreement "in principle."

So far as old age pensionsare concern- ed, they will remain for the time being payable, as at present, to persons over 70. The Provinces have yet to decide formally whether they will take on the payment of pensions to the group between 65 and 70. Premier; Jones is not favorable to this pro- posal, but as there will be ample time in which to bring this matter for discussion before the Legislature, it is to be presum- ed that he will follow this course when the House meets next spring. It is proposed to open a new tax field to the Provinces to help meet the cost of pensions, but they will not be bound either to exact the tax or, if they do take it, apply it to pensions. New tax rentals have been proposed and the Provinces have a year or more in which to decide whether to accept them or not.

In offering a higher return to the Prov- inces for surrender of their income and corporation tax fields, the Prime Minister indicated that while "no fundamentally new principle is involved," the new pro- posal will take "a somewhat fuller account of the varying conditions of the Provinces.” These were encouraging words to the dele- gates. from this Province, whose complaint, as voiced by Premier Jones, is that the citi- zens of other Provinces have grown rich at our expense, and that the basis of any satisfactory financial arrangement be- tween the Federal and Provincial Govern- ments must make possible at least an ade- quate average Canadian standard of ser- vices in every Province. .

In a front-page editorial in its current issue, the Financial Post expresses strong

rental payments," it says, "will require a basic minimum which must be offered to all the Provinces. . . . What is needed is a system which-will encourage maximum responsibility among those Provinces whose wealth and income are above the so-called national average." I It cites the 3359 of Alberta, which rdecade ego might have been dependent on substantial trans- fer payments. Now, with its treasury bursting with all money, Alberta can well afford to look after its own affairs. But under . ;f1m1,3nd inflexible tax deal of-

i . beuddllgd-with huge new pay- ,.onc,e shy of revenue

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its place. But It' means the same thing as that on which the late Chief Justice Math- ieson insisted in his minority report as a member of the White Commission

wuumat NUIES

The Royal Canadian Navy continues to show its readiness for service, whether in attack or aiding evacuation.

O O I

The long spell of dry weather has bro- ken, and welcome rain has ensuecl-wel- come, at least, to farmers who were con- cerned about their well supply.

0 O

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The Summerside Y's Men's Club do double service by carrying on their own projects, and supplying leaders when nec- cssary, for the Boy Scouts.

O O I

China is said to be preparing for an in- vasion from the West, and buying her mun- itions of war from the west through Hong Kong. By the same media she is refusing to ship necessary material for western pro- duction. Yet she is not at war.

0 I I

The school district meetings of the Fed- eration of Agriculture do not make news- paper headings but many a little "makes a muckle" and the collective view of the Federation on any subject is a very import- ant factor indeed.

U C I

The law vs. parental affection. In Yonkers, N. Y., City Judge Albert L. Flo- rillo imposed a fine of S2 on Mrs. Alberta F. Lewis on a charge of improperly park- ing her auto. Then reached into his poc- ket and paid the fine himself. She is his daughter.

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Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunei, English civil engineer, died this date 1859; first came to public notice by designing and completing Clifton suspension bridge in 1834. He constructed Great Western the first steamship to cross the Atlantic in 1838. He also constructed docks at Monk- wear Mouth. Plymouth and Milford which are being operated at the present day.

I I O

This Province having, as pointed out by the Premier, an unusually high proportion of very old and very young among its population is especially interested in chil- dren's allowances and old age pensions, both from the point of view of the addi- tional purchasing power so distributed and the problem of finding the funds to dis- tribute.

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George Bernard Shaw, socialist in prin- ciple, was purely capitalistic in practise. The theatrical weekly Variety, announces that when Shawls royalties from touring productions, stock and repetory revivals and book sales are talcen into account, his earnings from the U. S. alone obviously topped the 31,000,000 mark annually.

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The three names mentioned so far for nomination at tonightls convention of Queens County Progressive Conservative Association are Mr. Angus MacLean, Mr. Walter MacKenzie, and Mr. Walter R. Shaw. Whoever accepts nomination will realize that he has an uphill job attempting to supplant a Government supporter who will enjoy the privilege of distributing gov- ernment favours and extending iG3ver,n- ment patronage.

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It costs plenty to reconstruct and mod- ernize an old property. Toronto Telegram draws attention to the cost of converting the old Edwards home on 'Sussex Street, Ottawa, into an official residence for Canada's Prime Minister, which has gone up again-this time to 3550.000. The in- itial payment for ”Gorphywsfa", as the pro- perty was known when owned by the late Gordon C. Edwards, was 0140.000. But the estimated expenditures for remodelling the residence have ranged from d100,000 to about half a million dollars. Now, how- ever, thc major expenditure for renovation has been set at lli305,000. The cost of fur- nishings is placed at 3101000, making a grand total of 35550300.

In Saint iohn, N. B., the Mayor (Mr. George E. Howard) and the majority of the City Council have been at loggerheads for sometime, resulting in the Mayor ten- dering his resignation and subsequently withdrawing it. The majority refused to consent to the withdrawal, accepted the resignation as originally tendered, and ap- pointed a date for a by-election to fill the vacancy. The Mayor declared he sub- mitted his resignation because of the methods of four councillors which he felt were not In the best Interests of the city. He identified them as Councillor: Cam , boll, Howard, Prince undv'l'ippett. In,, I letter he stated that these four were hold- ing meeting: before the sessions of the council and were "planning on the running

Iddod that he did not with to '80" only

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of cit! affair-I by their majority vote." Ho .

., THE GUARDIAN

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This column I: open to the dlncunllon by oorrupondcnlo of questions of Interest. the Guardian doeouot nocuun Ily Indouo the opinion at

Mhmmmmmnaaaunnavu A-CHASING THE DEER Sinmll is certainly interesting news to everybody, and quite ex. citing news "to the children", I0 read from day to day in the local' press the report of the latest ap. pearance and movements of the Island buck and doe. It is not at all unlikely this news may travel far and wide to Islanders abroad. and one can easily imagine "those clannlsh Islanders" singing in their social gatherin-gs the old Scottish song of the homesick Highlander, with a slightly varied version as follows: -My heart's ln lzhe Island My heart is not here; -My heart's in the Island A chasing the deer; o A chasing the wild deer- The buck and the doc- My heart's in the Island Wherever I go! I am, Sir. elc.. ISLANDER AT HOME

INHUMANE SPECTACLE

Sir,-The spectacle of a deer, separated from the only one of its kind in the Province. running through the city streets. pursued by dogs, leaping into the river. frantically searching for seclusion in a countryside which, for the most part. is fenced and fcrestless, is one that has aroused genuine pity among many citizens.

Who is it who wants deer in this Province? Not the farmers cer- tainly. It is too difficult to grow crops and gardens to sacrifice them to browsing deer. should the crea- tures in some way be able to exist and propagate. Who is it wants them? Certainly no one with any humane instincts wishes to see these creatures taken from their natural forest habitat and forced to attempt to sux-vi e in 3 small. open, highly cultivated Province. To Uhe hunters, perhaps. the pros ject may offer some interest. but to the more sportsmanlike of these, the possible hunting at a future date, of these large. easily detect- ed animals hiding in the sparse -thickets of P. E. Island. offers lit.- -1.le challenge.

If a person wants (0 K96? deer in this Province, let him keel? -them in a compound and look after them. There is no society for the prevention of cruelty to animals here. as in most Prwlnces. but there is a body of white omn- ion which feels only averslolg 31 the prospect of these. Hnlmllis seeking painfully to survive in an -unnatural habitat. merely b3C3U5e of someone": whim.

I am, Sir, EIKL.

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I MILITIA INSPECTION

"His Excellency Lieutenant Gov- ernor Dundas, attended by Col. A. .1. Douglas Smith. I. r-. 0.. and caps. Atkinson. A. D. c.. Inspect- ed and reviewed the nine City Companies of the first QUE!” County Regiment. Militia, under command of Lleut. colonel Mc- Gill, on Wednesday last. at the Drill shed.

"The unfit. state of the weather for making military movements in the field prevented execution of the intention to have had the inspection and review on Rochfort square, and the alternative was the inadequate space afforded II the Drill Shed. Lieu-t. Colonel Mc- om. however, by military tact overcome, in at M8199. the dm” culty presented by Insufficient. space. by various marching: and wheellngs of six Companies from column of quarter distance, and finally forming two lines, stretch- ing severally along one entire side and end of the Drill Room. This tactarlnn disposition of the men left all the remaining available space for Battalion exercise - of three Companies alternately.

"After the review was conclud- ed, the whole body of men was re- formed ond massed In close col- umn and faced to the left. The Governor then approached the centre of the column, and made a short. and pertinent tddress. H0 highly complimented the men upon the progress they had made during a few doyn' drill under competent officers. and delivered finished encomlumn to-Lleul. Col. Mcoili and Major Dealala on the commanding ability they had sev- erally developed, in MIXIOGUVIFIIAI the Battalion so well within I limited space. And coupling these gentlemen with the officers under tholr command, we understood His Excellency to any. that they were worthy soldier scion: of the Military School at. Ohulowotown. oruniud by and undo: the im- mediate control and supervision of the Impoctlpg Held officer. Thou were no hollow compli- monta colnoq to plan bobble vanity, but. were the opinions and sentiments of an honourable no-

tlomnn and , when culo- ulumo wero language of con- vloilon." r .

-Tho Enmlnor. March 10, 1H0- ..................................m..........

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5:1s0O200MG Notes From

Another Island

By "Anson"

Kcrean war began a few months ago It. seemed that things were as bad as they could be. How much worse they could become is now re- vealed. and who is to say that the worst is not yet to come? some ex- perts who shculd know about. such things-or at least. who know more than I-are saying that. me danger of world war is as great. now as It was in 1939. This. one -hopes, is not necessarily to say that war will fol- low the danger as it did then; per- haps we have drawn a lesson from

will help in our efforts to avoid the ultimate catastrophe.

side information. I can only write abcut things as I see them. and as they appear to me, personally. That is why I would consider it. ludicrous to try to make any prophecies about what. is likely to happen: about what. indeed may have happened al- ready before these words get into the Guardian's c ' la. But. because I have no reascn to suppose that my reactions to momentous happen- ings are very much different. from those of a. great. many other people in my station of life. perhaps I can be representative almost without knowing it. 0 0 0 To begin with, 1 db not think that the comparison between now and 1939 is o. good one. The danger may be as great. but. if a man walkmz on the edge of a cliff falls over, it doesn't: follow that everybody else whcwalka on the same spot is go- ing to meet. the same fate. In any case. we seemed in 1939 to be wait.- Ing for the outcome of I clear-cut issue. After Poland had been Zlllflniktd 33811159.. I Hitler In- vasion, everybody knew-or ought to have known-that if Poland was attacked. we should be at war. It was as simple as that. O O I

It. Is not nearly as simple ncrw. Any one of the scores of things might. happen, and any one of them might. land us In trouble. And that It. seems to me: is the most. worry- ing thing. This business of nct know- ing quite what. to expect; even worse. having that feeling that something is likely to burst. and not belnl able even to guess at its con- sequences.

0 C O I It. makes everything scam .0 un. real. We go about our normal rou- tine tasks almost on if in a dream, with a horrid feeling at the back of our minds that the alarm clock might go off any minute and muse II! to a particularly nasty reality, from which there would be no .4. caps Into dreams again for a very long time. But no one ever stopped his dream Just because the alarm clock mlsht go off: and in this pu- flculnr fanciful analogy the nu-m "Hunt not. of course. ever sound at. n . 3"” I” I' '11 Very wcrryinz. as

LONDON. ENGLAN'D:- when the -

our experience of that year that.

Now. I have .no.pr:tt.-futons to In- I

YOUR P0883!-IIONI

The blast you live with - your lune. yup hung, pa. "o'focklnIndo"-ouollnbfootfoloouibnul "N"-IIMN MIMI rim control. For your own can of nut- Imyouobculllcornhowconllyyouconboprofocioi. wcwnl 'Ivo:I.-TI?-I onmuuylo um you.

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what lovely things

Thy hand both made: The smooth-plumod bird In its emerald shade. The seed of the cross. The speck of stone which the wayfnrlng ant Stirs-and hastcs on!

Though I should sit

By some tam in thy hills, Using its ink

As the spirit will:

To write of Earth's wonders, Its live, willed things, Fllt would the ages

On soundless wings

Ere unto Z

My pen drew nigh; Leviathan cold

And the honey-fly:

;And sllllwould remain My wit to try.- My worn reeds broken The dark tam dry. All words forgotl.en- Thou. Lord. and 1.

--Walter de in More.

worrying, In fact. that It takes some of the gill. off the gingerbread of life. we are well accustomed to put- suing our normal occupations. en- Joylns our normal leisure and plea- sure. and laying our normal plans In the face of recurring crises. There have been so many crises in our history that if we had calllod I halt for every one, we would have sot nothing done at all. Even so. locking back over the infinitesimal span of history encompassed so I3? by my young llfg. I cannot. rc- member 9. time that was quite like this. The possibility of another world war, likely to he evan mom te lo than the last. and so soon after its close, seems so utterly out. flafous that is completely dwarfs everything else.

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It seems faintly meaningless to 100k beyond to-mormw. and one wonders. cynically. if it isn't really rather futile to know what plans the Government are making for next year's Festival of Britain; if it Isn't a little ostrich-like to read hhnt. American can In 152 are ex- pected to show up in quite new stlfles: if it Isn't. somewhat. akin to wishful thinking to learn about the ship that the King and Queen will travel to Australia in, 1952”? 1952 1951 next. month next week... who knows what's in store for us? It is a rather morbid frame giotlgigilg his set tlndto. mid that is 0 M05 Caress nc upect.

01 the whole business-uie fact that we dont usually get. morbid about periods of crisis: and yet, 1; me” any alternative to continuing to make all the normal piano for the future? when I discussed on these anxieties with a. fellow-suffercrthc other day. 1 suvliole I may knew the comment I should get. in return:

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, hook who any that you can- not fool nature. have never watch. 9'1 I bell”? Ih0D operator at work.-Wall Street ,Jouz-ngl,

A (110 of 150 ,cm-rm... gnu has been ion: from Nova seam. to Canadian soldiers in the United States and Karel. In the midst of war, men still hold den a symbol of pence.-Ottawa Citizen.

A ferry captain in Mala: lu- soed a deer which was swimming in the river, dragged the animal to the deck and shot it. Possibly he will have the head mounted and place it on a wall in his borne, as hlndy proof that he is I sports- m:ln.-Fort William Times-Joub n .

Fifty years after his (loath, the copyrights have expired on,1.he music of Sir Arthur Sullivan. If is A tribute to I fertile and tem- pernmentnl partnership that he is known to the public as one-hnlf of Gilbert and Sullivan. Sir Wil- liam Suhwenk Gilbert's copyrights run for another eleven years. as he died in 1911. when a movement got under way in the British Pu- llament to extend the Svullvnn copyrights if possible until 1961, it was Producer Bridget. D'0yly Carte himself who put 5 kindly

..m.m:...-.--..-ma-s simply "What. else can one do?" What, Indeed?

When U. 5. Secretary of state Acheson said we must hope for the best. whilst. preparing for the worst. it: was to be presumed that we might ll well do I bit of preparing for the best. at the some time. just in use the worst. didn't. come.

- "Notes rBx.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

The

IIDP to 11. Thu S III . lho Hid. were ugovalzezehdi wedded to the Gilbert l Whly their sprightly aperetlns 0' ptlgllc twould not accept the :2: rad 0D:.ut'lIxe other.-Toronto Globe

One Hill rocqu noted ho; a'u1opie.1""ii.:'Tl'.;..'i 1' wnppinl KIPPEI1 in who 1, 0' This ensure cleanliness mp am" handling of this food ,,,.,dmihe is also I safeguard against. H testing of the quality of the km per by 1 method reccntlv served by a Telegram mu-.-"sen... five. when a prospective purch . or applied his teeth to it in on?” to sample its flavor, and lhcn yir turned the fish to the box, 5.,,,,' then our appetite for klppcrs ha, disappeared.-St. John's ollldl Telegram. i

the Age-Old Story

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