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CHABLOTTETOWN VYEDNESDAY. AUG 30.1950

The Sltuatlonigsvell

The resumption last evening of oper- ations by the 'Abegweit' and the likelihood of the general rail strike being terminated immediately after Parliament's adoption of the Dominion Government's emergency leg- islation has been hailed with relief by all our citizens. It will take some weeks to get back to normalcy, but in the mean- time the prospect has materially brighten- ed since the week-end announcement of the failure of the Prime Minister's efforts to bring the unions and railway manage- ment together amicably.

So far as the Borden service is concern- ed, there is little doubt but that Premier Jones' action in calling an emergency ses- sion of the Legislature had its effect on the union leaders. They were on extremely un- tenable ground in picketing this service in the first place. Their co-operation could have been given at any time without pre- judicing their case against the railways, but they held out against all solicitations, and the. Federal Government supinely left the matter in their hands. They intimated quite definitely that the ferries would not move until the general strike was raised. This challenge was something which the Premier quite rightly judged our people would not take lying down. He hit the nail on the head when he decided to summon the General Assembly of the Province.

In the meantime, we have had two weeks of dislocation of the economic life of Can- ada at a time of grave international crisis. Every part of the country has suffered, but in no Province would the effect "be more serious had the tieup continued Ehan in Prince Edward-Island. l

A very convincing case has been made out by our Boards of Trade and Provincial Government against the Federal Govern- ment's failure to maintain our ferry ser- vice in this emergency. The attitude of Hon. Mr. Chevrier in particular has been most disappointing. Doubless the correspon- dence between him and the Provincial Gov- ernment will be tabled when the Legis- lature meets. If his replies are in accord with his statements to the Boards of Trade, it is to be hoped that he will receive a un- animous vote of censure. We cannot afford to have at Ottawa 21 Transport Minister who is either completely misinformed about our trans; srtation rights and requirements or else chooses completely to ignore them. His continuance in the office he holds would be a calamity for this Province.

This matter of our carferry service has been a contentious one for many years. It has been brought to a head by the rail- way strike, and now is the time for a show- down. Our boat connection with the main- land-to be maintained continuously, win- ter and. summer, by the Dominion-was what chiefly induced us to enter Confed- eration. We sacrificed cur revenues and submitted to tariff restrictions for the benefit of the big industrial Provinces on

this assurance,'and we have paid '-n full for its implementation many times nver.

Today, while it is gratifying to note that the tAbegweit' service has been resumed, the issue still remains unsettled. Yester- day's concession obtained belatedly from the union leaders in no way indica-tes a change of heart on the part of the Domin- ion Government towards its obligations to this Province.-'I'hat is where the trouble lies. What are we going to do about it?

The difficulty here is, unfortunately, a

, political one. The Conservative Party policy on this issue was announced in 1935 by Hon. John Bracken in the following words, which were subsequently indorsed by the

resent leader, Mr. Drew: "One of the aims of Confederation was that there should be no barrier to interprovlncial trade. Your geographical position has imposed such a barrier. We see do reason why that condi-

'- tlon should not be rectified and promptly. We believe that the water route from Bor- don to Cape Tormoutino should in effect he a national highway."

Tl"lis'is substantially what the present Provincial Government has maintained in its representations before the Royal Com- mission on Transportation and at succes-

,slvs Dominion-Provincial conferences in re-

cent yam. Whythen has there been such in having it written into uberul -. ' htdttuwsl Many Liberals inithlu

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Recent reports on the TB. situation in the ,United States are both encouraging and challenging. In twenty years the death rate from the disease has dropped 50 per cent, being now (or in 1948) 30 per 100,000. New cases are being discovered at a higher rate than formerly due both to improved techniques and to mass test- ing by X-rays and a new blood test which the New York Times refers to as striking a final blbw against T.B.

Based on hemaglutination, the new test, which is still in the development stage, may prove more satisfactory than the tuberculin test in differential diagnosis. A positive tuberculin test, according to Dr. H. A. Rusk, gives evidence of past or pre- sent tuberculosis, but not of its activity, as does the new blood test.

The cost of tuberculosis detection and cure is high, but when measured in terms of human life and happiness it is small. in- deed. The median age of persons who died of T.B. in the United States in 1947 was 46 as compared with 65 for cancer and 70 for heart disease. Heart disease gets much publicity for its resulting high death rate but in terms of years of life,cut off it ranks far below tuberculosis.

EDITORIAL NOTES

In 1949, Prince Edward Island's income from dairy products was 3S3,518,C00. ' O 0 0

"Needs must when the devil drives." The Railway Union leaders say they will work for the Government when compelled to do so.

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The increased beef prices may well be of short duration. Once railway transport begins moving again there will certainly be enough beef moving to glut the market.

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Outdoor sports take on a new zest as the holiday season nears its end. After Labour Day it will be mostly school and college athletics.

O I O

The M. V. "Eskimo" will certainly be high in popular esteem for a while. Had it been operated by the C. N. R. instead of an agency of the Provincial Government, Islanders' sweet tooth would certainly have gone without.

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It is in times of crisis that the advant- age of the principle of cabinet responsibil- ity shows most strikingly. President Tru- man has had to force, the recall of two statements of policy in the past week by public men of less than cabinet rank.

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Special mention is due the officers and crews of the S.S. Dunning and Prince Nova for the splendid work they did during the crisis at Wood Islands and Caribou. There was no let up to them, with the result everything went so far as they were con- cerned without a hitch.

O O I .

Defence Minister Brooke Claxton's statement that there are not many targets in Canada which appear important enough to warrant atomic attack might lead to a false sense of security, even though im- mediately qualified. Who would have thought before 1945 that Hiroshima or Nagasaki were probable targets for such devastation?

O O O

The late Sir Henry Drayton was well and favourably known here having visited us on different occasions in connection with both his duties as Finance Minister and as Chief Commissioner of the Railway Com- mission. His elder daughter's marriage to Mr. Robert Messervey also brought him in close touch with us and our political and economical problems.

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Sir John Harvey, as deputy adjutant- general to the forces in Canada. visited here in 1836. It was his last official act in that capacity. as in the next year he was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Nova Scotia. At the time of his death in 1852 he had risen to the rank of Lieut.-General, and had served in the armylonger than any other officer in the British North Am- ericas.

I O O V

It was said to a farmer, as the two looked at a field of wheat flattened by the heavy rains: "You'll need a scythe to deal with that." He answered: "Not a bit, I shall need a harvester-thresher." The farmer was doubtless right. These new, ugly, untidy, but desperately efficient ma- chines are now fumlshed with an ingeniou's device that lifts the straws before the cut- ter reaches them. and a part at any rate of. the trouble is resolved. some fields look as if they had been battered by a- cir- culur tornado. and.the laid straws point every way to defeat the most Intelligent of machines. Yet when all is said, the harvest is likely to be heavy enoughgto, rs- psy extra labour. The ears are more than

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. . L. M. M1: EDUCATION

Sir.-I wish to correct a slight error in Chief Justice Campbell's address at the Montgomery Mem- grlal service at Cavendish on sun- ay.

Miss Montgomery received her early education in the school in Cavendish afterward going to Col- lege in Charlottetown to get he" teacher's certificate. Also her grandfather with whom she lived. was Alexander MarNeill, who was a son of the familiarly known oli Speaker MacNeill, who would be Miss Montgomery's great grand- father and who Is also my own

great grandfather, so I should know whereof I speak. I am. sir. etc.

(MR5. IIJ.) FLORA M. TOOMBS. Kensington, P. E. I.

SPLENDID COOPERATION

sir,-The pleasing nnn- ncement this morning. that the SS. Ahea- welt will take up her work this af- ternoon and thus relieve the over- load that has been plued on N-orthumlberland Ferries during the past week. came as a relief to all who have had anything to do with the handling of the situation with which we were confronted on the Wood Islands-Caribou Service. Our thanks has already been ex- pressed to Premier Jones. and those of his officials including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. for the splendid co-operation re- ceived. and we feel that it -hould be brought to the attention of the publld. that what has been done .s very largely the result of the splendid -co-operation of the of- ficers and crews of the boats. Captain C. R. Hunter. comparat- ively new to the work, and Mr. Dougald MacKlnnon. who was more familiar with the local situ- ation, both showed that they are the right men. in the right place The wharflnger. Mr. M30 MM” Lead. is known to the majority of our people. and his genial smile was still in evidence during th- helghl: of the pressure, although he got. little or no rest during the twenty-four hours he remained on duty.

Captain Eric I-loldway. compar- atively new to the route. wltn Mr. James Ascah his first mate on he "Durlnirlg.'-' and Captain Murray Wllllgar, veteran of many years of service cn the ”Prince Nova". with his first mate L. B. White. an Is lander. kept their deck depart- ments functioning.

Mr. Leonard Vatcher, chief en- gineer on the "Prince Nova". and Mr. Moyne Salter. his first assist- ant. and their engine room staff, with Mr. Walter Bars, chi-.-f En- gineer on the "Charles A. Dun- nirzg." and Mr. Robert MacDonald. his first assistant and their cosine room staff. kept their marhinery moving at full speed.

The pursers, lunch counter sup- erintendents, cooks and stewardess and all the ether crew members. did their part in keeping the ser- vlce open and in keeping the ships moving, and performing what may well'be considcnd an almost im- possible task.

We might say that while taking on bunker fuel. practically the entire crew of the "Charles A. Dunning" remained on duty for twenty-four hours. and were sill ready to caxryton the service the following morning.

To those who have co-operated in handling the service for so many years. the situation was not. such an effort, because we have gone through somewhat similar periods during the past ten years. but we sincerely trust that what has recently been acccrnpllshcd will bring to the attention of those in authority the importance of this route. and the need for co-operat- ion lnilts development.

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As mosses. and little ltssrds. they say. were ones big!

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From the advertising columns of I-Iaszard's Gazette, March 14. 1855. Benj. Davies. auctioneer. sn- nounces the sale by public auction, on the 1'lvh instant, of " at valu- able block of land, known as Fan- nlng's Garden. fronting on Queen's Square. Great George, Sidney and Prince Streets, consisting of five Town lots. conveniently situated to all HQ places of public worship in Charlottetown. the Colonial Bulld- ing. markets, etc., and which for beauty of situation. either for pri- vate residence or business stands, cannot be surpassed."

Mr. J. P. Beale advertises for sale or to be let for 1 to 5 years, "a desirable shipyard, situate in Charlottetown." Mr. David Wilson, Richmond Street, advertises a palatial residential property "near Government House, at present oc- cupled by Captain Beazeley, con- sisting of a dwelling house con- taining a spacious dining-room and drawing-l-com. breakfast-vrcom, 7 bedrooms. large kitchen, servanf.s' hall. 3 servant.s' bedrooms. pantry. larder. front porch. 2 back entrances. back and front staircase. scullery. Pump and wash-room. lumber- room. and a splendid 6 roamed cellar; also a large commodious coach-house, 3-stalled stable, har- ness-room. cow-house, large hay- loft and grain-room. manure yard, large kitchen with fruit trees, etc., flower garden. elegant front en- trance and carriage drive. a large lawn running down to the Harbour with convenience for keeping boats, et.c., extensive plantation of young trees of all kinds. large root-house, wood and chopping house. and a spacious and commodious yard." Also itemized are "front and back sates facing pn different streets, and a never falling well of water on the premises."

"This splendid mansion." says Mr. Wilson. "from its situation oom- mands the finest view of any house in Chalrlotletown. and from its proximity to Government J-louse and other advantages the sub. scriber confidently offers it as the 510st elegant. comfortable and de-

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In the some issue. Mr. W. H. Pole offers for sale "that valuable plot of ground at the head' of Prince

Baptist Chapel, fronting 100 feet on Euston street. and 104 on Upper Prince street." while Mr. J. Hamil- von Lane, through his agent. Wil- liam Forgan announces that he is seeking a tenant for "the farm known as Sherwood. situate about seven miles from Charlottetown, at Dog River. Township No 31. con- taming 130 acres of excellent land. 50 acres of which are in a high state of cultivation. upon which are erected a stone cottage. suitable for a genteel family. and cpmmodious out-houses."

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Not only would 3 new world con- flict be suicidal. but you can imag- ine what it would do tomhe book- store proprietors caught with five shelves of second World War mem- oirs. - Btrstford Beacon-Herald.

There are dog days in the news business - Just as there are lan- guid moments ln the human spirit, this warm summer weather. Espec- ially this is true in the experience of amslltown journalism; news fluc- ustss like the ebb and flow of the tide. but with loss certainty and regularity.-Lachute (Que) Watch- man.

Policemen made a rare "catch," a bottle-tosser, in Calgary the other day. and in court Magistrate Fitch issued a double-barreled warning. He fined the offender. who has tossed a. beer bottle from a. parked car onto the pavement. the maxi- mum of 060 and costs, and added this wsmtng: As far as I am con- cerned any person caught throwing glass on the pavement will get the maximum on every occasion . . . If there is anything for which there is no possible excuse it is risking the lives of people and endangering cars by throwing glass on the pave- ment. That is the way it is going to be from now on." Let us hope that is the way it will be in Edmonton, too. The bottle-thrower, as we have said before in these columns. is a dangerous pest that should be stepped on at every opporvunify-. Unfortunately. he is a sly and slip- pery fellow. who usually operates in the dalrk. and is hard to catch.- Edmonton Journal.

Often we hear a woman say she wishes she had been born a man. sometimes. in the raising of n ism-, fly and the managing of A home. she feels she has been dealt the more difficult cards in life. Longev- ity tables show. however. that even if it were true she would have been happier as a man. she would have less time in which to be happy. Women outlive men. and the gap between the length of their lives and that of men is constantly wid- ening. Since the turn of the cen- tury the mortality rate for women at age 20 and over has been out in half. for married women. and by two-fifths for single women. That for men has decreased by one-third

Ihe War:

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into the would and rearing 1; ML: to enhance their chances of 10,,

life. Perhaps medical men have m: explanation for this. It may be that the living of A life normal to women makes them healthier 0, it may be that in feeding sndlcsn lng for a family a woman can hep tar and takes better care of herself than if she were single. Women wed because they think they mu 5, happier that way. They 315,, W,” be healthier. And. of' course. ggod health is 3 primary contribution to hupplness.- Windsor Star.

The Russian war memorial .5," the slightly unstable statue of , soldier in the Tlergsrten, but the new one in Eastern Berlin - 1, , characteristic peclmen of 50",, monumental art. in consists of ., enormous sunken terrace (whlcl may sink further. no proper found atlons having been made) in "1, middle of I park. and is domm, seed by n moundln which not nnulm dead are said to be inter:-. ed. The mound is surmounted by , shrine and the shrine by a giganm statue of a Red Army soldier gm 2: child on his left shoulder and sword in his right hand. The sword is simply enormous. pmjmm downwards towards the behom, and lffoduclng the same sense 0: false perspective that you get, (mm people's feet in a snapshot at . picnic party. Half-way down an terrace are two massive and .1 first sight unidentifiable erections built with blocks of red msrbiq from Hitler's Chancellery, The, reminded me of a Monument to Democracy which stands in one of the principal streets of Bangkok and which looks like an anon-nou. human tooth with s very bad cavity a sort of oublst trophy of arms, con. sistlng of two lapldary red flag; in it; but I soon saw that they in dipped in salute. on stone pllnuu the progress of l'vus.sia's wu against Fascism (not against Ger. many) is depicted in has relief. tin problem of how to sculpt an explo. sion being boldly and frequently tackled: the pllnths are inscribed with extracts from Stalln' speeche: The effect of the whole thing 1. perhaps best described as curloul rather than beautiful; but the tree: planted around it. will one day loo) very fine. - London Spectator.

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