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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

JULY 10, 1953

THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as Second Clan Mall Post. Office , Doportznont, Ottawa. Tho Island Guardian rubllohlng Co.

Editor and Managing Director. Inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

- CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward liluid like the dew”

"Tho strongest memory is weaker than the weakest Ink".

C1lARI.0'.l"l'ETOWN FRIDAY. JULY 10, 1953

llog Prices

The price of hogs is notoriously subject to wide variations, exceeded perhaps by the variation in the volume of production. There is some consolation, therefore, in figures reported at the annual feeders day at the University of Alberta. With allow- ance for local variation they are still en- couraging to the swine grower.

During a 33-year period the l'niversily

maintained a herd which farrowed some) jority in the existing House of Commons 15,000 pigs and conducted more than 150,decided to establish a dictatorship by pass- swine feeding experiments. Costs have been i ing a bill perpetuating his own power. I

carefully watched and the pigs paid all we

breeding stock, buildings and equipment, took care of depreciation, paid a labour nation oath, to refuse her assent to such a return and marketing charges and still pro- bill and thus to force this unscrupulous man vided an increase of 63 per cent in theilo appeal to the country at a general elec- value of barley marketed as llmik rathe-l'l.liOll." .

than grain.

During this period there was a margin of approximately 336.50 per hog between:

average cost of production exceed

in 1951.

If a University could make a profit 33

years out of 35 on pigs kept for experi- mental purposes there would seem to be good reason for thinking that the same can be done by those in the business for

profit.

Population Figures

As noted in these columns yesterday. increasing population in recent years is given as a major factor in Canada's teach- er supply problem. Over the last. decade, this increase has amounted to 21.7 per cent. The Sarnia Observer, however, has some qualifying facts to add to this figure. In the first place, it is unfortunate that! citizens of British origin are not maintain- ing their percentage position. They slip- ped back ZU8 per cent. Those of French origin did something better. They gained .5 per cent. But that still left: our native population - British and French - per- centage-wise, some U3 per cent less than in 1941. Their place was taken by people of European stock who increased .4 per cent of the total and by Asiatics and nth-I ers who increased by .9 per cent.

Canada needs citizens and must secure them. But the fact that our native popula- tion is not maintaining itself in a growing population is a matter for concern. An- other factor is that our working popula- tion is not maintaining itself. While the percentage increase in total population be-

tween 1941-51 was 21.7 per cent, increase;

in the group of workers and earners was only 15 per cent. Even this gain was main- ly a matter of conservation.

tality. so that in the childhood group to age 15, we had shown a gain of 32.9 per cent. And in the age group, 65 and UP. we had done even better with a gain of 41.4 per cent. Both give cause for pride. But there is a sobering aspect. In the last. de- cade some 45.3 per cent of the population gain was represented in the workinz. FY0- ducing group, but 54.7 per cent was in! the dependent group. What difficulties may. arise as demands expand and the l'1eI'C9nl'i ages of burden-bearing backs declines, is

anybody's lZU055-

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The Royal owor

In the periodical "London Calling" Sir Harold Nicholson, a former member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a writer of distinct.ion, examines on the basis of laws and customs the authority in gov- ernment which rests on the Sovereign.

The Act of Settlement of 1701, fixing the line of succession to the Throne, "es- tabllshed the principle," to quote Sir Har- old, "that ministers should be 'responsible' for the acts of the Sovereign . . . an all- important principle, since it established that the Sovereign can perform no political act whatsoever except on the 'advice' of at min- later responsible to Parliament."

But there are circumstances in which the Sovereign must act on his or her own judgment, and Sir Harold makes this com- mant:

"Tho undisputed occasion is when a

head expenses. including interest onlthe Queen would be constitutionally

House of Commons dies or resigns. The Sovereign is the only person who can con- stitutionally decide who shall be his suc- cessor. If the government party is defeat- ed in an election and the prime minister resigns, then obviously the Sovereign must send for the leader of the victorious op- position. But if a prime minister dies or resigns at a time when his party possesses a majority in the House of Commons, and if there. are several alternative candidates qualified to succeed him, then only the Sovereign can decide who among those candidates must be selected.

"Thus if Sir Winston Churchill resigned tomorrow, it would be the Queen only who could decide whether to send for Mr. Eden, Mr. Butler, or some other leading Conserva- live. She would be entitled, of course, to I consult the elder statesmen, her privy coun- I, 'llors, and to sound the feeling of the lllouse of Commons. But the ultimate de- , cision would rest upon her alone.

p ”The second occasion, to my mind, would .'arise if a prime minister possessing a ma-

,hold the theory that in such circumstances en- ititlcd, and indeed obliged under her Coro-

l ”In theory at least," observes the writer,

,”the Sovereign, or her representative the

constitutions as to the United Kingdom, constitution. In practice the application of: this theory may vary according to locali conditions at the hme.” i,

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EDITORIAL NOTES

There are few things more tasty than barbecued chicken and no doubt those

fortunate enough to be at the Charlotte-

town Experimental Station will now be dreaming of setting up their own barbe- cue pits. O I 0 In this day when ”press agents" are supposed to work miracles it is refreshing to have the reminder of a speaker at the Maritime Chief Constables' Association that good public relations ”is nine-tenths doing and one-tenths talking." O O O Charlottetown physicians have shown common sense and a spirit of co-operation in arranging for a doctor to be on call

Governor General, stands in exactly the, ' the Cost Of PF0dl1CU0n and U10 59111112 Price-;saine position in regard to Commonweallhi .,.s.--L-m-..'. In only two years, 1924 and .1932, did the the selling price, although the selling price of basic grade hogs on a l()() lb. live weight. basis varied from 353.45 in l932 to t?.25..'l6

xNol.es By The Waxq

Corking It Again

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A shining symbol of British nal. It has been found that i leadership in jet propulsion, the species of tilopla will yield axle. Comet Itreaked into Vancouver nine monlhs' growth, abalut this week, only '16 minutes out'of ton of fish from an acre of shalt Cllllfyy leaving the mountain low water; an acre of zrazln barrier at 38.00p feet. and 450 II estimated to produce about 30: miles per hour.-Vancouver Prov- pounds of beef, under ngood con- lnce. ” dltions. in the same time.-Man.

--A- Chester Guardian. '

It has always been Mimi Helen Keller”: dream to plead the cause of the blind on every continent

Dr. Karl Stern, plofeuor nf psychiatry at the University of

of the world. She has returned from South America, where she has instigated new schools for the blind and deaf in Chile, achiev- ed measures for the training and employment of blind workers in

ONHWK. give: two entirely logical reasons for the large amount. of mental ailments and nervous trou. bles now prevailing. One lsxthag humans have not yet adjugted themselves to the pace of urban

Brazilian industry. and modern- life. The other, loss among man. lzed teaching methods- for the kind of a spiritual foundation blind in Rio de Janelro. The There possibly is an association

great woman's dream has at hist between these two causes. The come true. It is almost beyond industrial revolution was more comprehension to realize. all that than n revolution in productive

Helen Keller has done for people who. lke herself, cannot. see. She is indefatigable. Now almost sev- enty-four, she is not yet prepar- ed to let up in the strenuous pro- gram of education which has kept her occupied for half a cen- tury. She ranks with Louis Braille as a benefactor of people ,who have lost-or have never had '-their sight, and her recent was responsible for the

processes. It was A revolution in the way of life of million: gf mankind. The advance in tech. niquel and method: has been more rapid than the adjustment of mankind to that development. Loss of spiritual faith is evident among individuals and among M. Hons. A large part of the world has deliberately set about to tourlgnore spiritual values; to make A estab- religion of a material philosophy. lishment of a Braille printing Human beings are being forced plant in Mexico City for the into living in an environment. benefit of the unslghted in Cen- local and international, alien to tral America.'St. John Telegraph a peaceful mind. Many nervous Journal. systems crack under the strain.- Wlndsor Star. One of the best: ways to avolal becoming another statistic in the accidental death records is to have a life presorver or buoyant cushion near every time you go boating. Swim only when you have companions in the water. Avoid rough waters. Don't swim

Tribes which still live by hunt- ing wild animals are regarded bv the rest of the world as eccentri- cally primitive. But the habit of hunting wild fish at considerable trouble and expense, persists in many civilized communities. In the last. few years there has been an appreciable move towards the

Notes From

Another Island

Dy "Anson"

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LONDON: I'.'.ngland:- Stop people at random streets of England at the

in the present

time and inquire of them: "Who is Willie Watson?" Then, too, ask

them. "Who is Aneuran Bevan? Senator Maccarthyl . . . Malenkov? . . . Dr. Malian?

or any other prominent figure on the world's stage. The result would be an interesting - though I have not. tried it. - experlmene in the as- sessment of current popular values. Well, who 18 Willie Watson? He is the idol of practically every small boy (and not B few small girls); he is the hero who rose to an occasion recently to fight for his country in a valiant rearguard action; on June 30th he. in the words of more than one responsible newspaper, "saved England." And an "the man who saved England." Willie Watson's name will be re- vered in the hearts of true Eng- lishmen for a very long time. c . .

But he will get; no medals. There

through the hospitals on Sundays and was mm llghghearted mk 0, , holidays. Without some such arrange- knighthood, but: this arose in the

- first flush of exuberance after ment individual doctors carry far more the deed and ms mmm, meant

than their fair load and the public is dis- gruntled at being unable to contact a doc- tor in case of emergency. 0 O 0 New Jersey will probably save a mil- lion dollars a year by ending the an- nual registration of automobiles, according to an official from the State. The further advantage of permanent registration is that it makes it practical for the registration numbers to be published and available to police and others. Only a supplementary annual volume. need be supplied showing new registrations and transfers of owner- ship. I I 0

Ten years ago today General Sir Har-

W h d I th d d i ram mm. ;old Alexander's Allied 15th Army Group, e a ur er ecrease n -

comprising the U. S. Seventh Army under Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., and the British-Canadian Eighth Army under Gen-

eral Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, invaded

Sicily to gain the first toehold in Europe. The quality of the fightingmay be gauged from the fact that in the conquest of Sicily there were 165,000 casualties inflicted on

the Axis but only 7,000 prisoners taken. I D Q

In the midst of a great oversupply of are

many foodstuffs, American farmers now facing a serious. drought. The south-

western plains, parts of the midwest and even some of the east face drought. dam- insects and storms have also we can be thankful that lack of rainfall sel- dom becomes acute. Insects, however, re-

age while

caused serious loss. In this Province

quire unceasing vigilance to keep at bay. 0 O I

Says the London Free Press: "In Char- lottetown, Prince Edward Island, a testi- monial dinner was given by the P. E. I. Medical Society to Dr. R. J. MacDonald, 95 years of age, who has been practicing medicine for 65 years as a family doctor. We expect the MacDonalds who settled in Eastern Canada to be hardy men but sure- ly this must be a record. And what a re- cord! The family doctor is less in evidence than he used to be, and we are the loser for he was a neighbor, philosopher, father confessor and confidant as 'well as physi- He had time for the personal touch which plays a greater part in the heal- ing art than some modernists might care

clan.

prime minister possessing a majority in the

I

to admit.",

nor taken seriously. As well to keep matters in a true perspective, for whllat it is true enough that Wil- lie Watson saved England when all seemed lost, the affair was not after all of such great. I oment as might. appear. It was all a game, and our hero is a cricketer.

The scene was Lord's cricket. ground in London. and when I wrote of that hollowed arena a couple of months ago neither I nor anyone else knew what drama was to be enacted on its turf on that sultry day at the end of June. it was the final day of fl Test Match, between England and Australia, ' those traditional rivals between whom on these occasions no quarter is asked and none giv- en.

. . .

At the beginning of play on this last day all England was in clea- palr. Our team was facing over- whelming defeat. The details are unimportant. Sufficient to say that the odds seemed quite hope- less: so hopeless in fact that one morning paper declared that only rain could save us: rain. to stop play and leave the match official- ly recorded as a draw. And even rain, of which we had had plenty in the preceding weeks, now look- ed as remote as an earthquake. The previous evening the Aus- trnliana had got our first three

there was now all day for them to dispose of the rest. of the England side. It was long odds that they would need only an hour or two.

But Willie Watson was one of those who remained. and he re- fused to be disposed of. He had started his innings towards the end of the previous day, and so began batting again on this lote'"' morn- mg: and he batted on, and on and on all through the day until with- in an hour of the end. It was then too late for the Australians to clinch the victory that had seemed theirs for the taking. Only those who have seen an Australian Test. team on the rampage, with the scent of victory in their nostrils, can know what. Watson was up against; and only those who know what an England - versus - Aus- tralia Test Match means to En- lishmen can estimate the debt. that England feels it own to this fair haired young Yox-kohlreman.

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Against the background of the major events of then 1050: this may seen: I trivial matter, and no it II. Yet to say on II to reckon without the to that in gen- erated every t. 9 thus cricketer: from Australia land on our shores - It happens usually every four yeah. People whose interact. in cricket has hitherto been no more than lukewarm find It luddcnly hound up, and those who have been keen enough all along hecdlne

'her Ladyshlp has

batsmen out for n paltry score, andp

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Old Charlottetown (And P. E. I.)

' GIFT T0 ST. PAUL'S "The noble Dowager Countess of Westmorland has recently made a present to St. Paul's Church of a handsome Utrecht velvet cover- ing for the' Communion Table. with emblems embroidered in gold lace, etc., thus evinring that still an affec- tionate remembmnce of the Is- land. and is disposed to manifest it in a praiseuorlhy manner." ---Royal Gazette, Oct. 6. 1843.

aware of cricket (and there are a few, despite popular belief to the contrary) find themselves infect-E ed by the prevailing fever.

too

Fever it must be that. causes spectators to line up outside the grounds where the matches are to be played many hours before play in due to begin; that makes hun- dreda, indeed, turn up the day be- fore and spend the night outside the gates notwithstanding the fact. that if it rains they will not: only get wet but there will be no play for them to watch anyway.

The stranger who goes to the match will find little clue, as he watches, to the reason for this

magnetism. Each game lasts five days. or whatever shorter time is required to bring things to a con- cluslon. Few of us can spare the time to see the affair through from beginning to end; one day or two is the maximum ration for most: of us. At the time of writing these lines two matches have been ploy- ed. No conclusion was reached in either of them both were "drawn," which is the official re- sult glven when five days proves insufficient. for a win to be gained by either side. Five games make up the series, and it is entirely pos- sible that all five would be played and all five drawn.

Yet: this would be. considered not unreasonable. Only the unhappy (in English eyes) folk to whom

cricket is "only a game" would think it surprising that men should travel 12,000 miles across the world, and 12,000 miles back

again, leaving things precisely as they found them. And, going back to Willie Watson, nor is there the least. call for surprise in the thought; that should that very thing happen, he became a hero for his part in maintaining the status quo. i

llluolrotlng tin Autuvlod "AlCYll"- to In. gold-Mod coco, I7 lent prod novonoot. Olin Gqmi Aviovolndo from I69.”

something like fonntlm. Evan many who have scarcely been

farming of fish, which was not uncommon in Europe in the Mid- die Ages and has been little practised since except in ports of the Far East. This experi- mental work has been done main- ly in Africa, and the results ob- tained seem to sustain Dr. E. B. Worthlngton's dictum that more protein can be got from an acre of water than from an acre of land. For example. an account of fish-farming in Tanganyika is

after eating. Probably the best rule, however, is the simple one of learning how to swim. Too many people venture out in boat: who have nn water experience whatsoever. In their panic should a boat tip. tliny often drag good swimmers down with them. 'Let's be sensible about this thing. If you can't: swim keep off the lakes and rlverii until you can, or make. sure. there is something handy to keep you afloat if some-

TIIE CALL

The sun goes down beyond the purple fell,

A wind has blown the lark into 11 RN” in the Apr” issue of ucorg Colonial service -jour-

cloud:

one backward look will serve to say farewell

To the dark valley that my father's ploughed.

The house they built is empty. I must go

Over the twilit. moorland till I nnd

The breast of eve where I may learn to know

What thing it is that gives men peace of mind.

The last light trembles in the far- ther air.

This is the. night, the hour I dare not lose;

A hand has beckoned me, I know not where.

A voice has spoken but I know not whose.

-Edward Davlson.

e old story 3.

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Ho that glorloth, let; him glory in the Lord. For not he that commcndcth himself is approved. but whom the Lord commend-

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NoME'ggsgToday

(Christian Science Monitor)

The art. of government in not unrelated to the art: of mystifica- tlon. Hard facts are plesented to the electorate in soft words; sim- ple facts are presented to whom it may concern in a legalistic Welter of elaborately polyayllabic ver- biage calculated to bewllder the wits of unlnltlote.

We are moved to this observa- tion by a bit of offlcloleao that has come to our desk from south Africa - the match of anything we have seen from the jungles of Washington or the wide Potomac veldt:

ttwlth -the approval of .t.he Min- ister, the board may from time to time prohibit any person or any person belonging to any class or group of persons or any person other than B person belonging to

TAYLOR'S JEWELLERS

any class or group of personl from acquiring selling. or usposlng of

I7 Jewels I Shockproof U Anti-magnetic

ONLY

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JEWELLER8 F01! F903 GENERATIONS

ona", the

thing should happen.-North Bay Nugget.

any quantity of eggs."

There, we submit, is o rhetori- cal tour de force that should be preserved for posterity. Who says that the language of bureaucracy is lacking in poetry. drama, gr a sense of the ultimate mysteries? Poised on that splendid crescendo of prohibitions, nestled among all those unfortunate. unprlvlleged persons in or out of groups and classes, hidden at the quiet heart of that explosion of gobbledygook we find the small, incontrovertible.

COMPLETE VISUAL REFRACTIOII AND ANALYSIS

G. F. HUTCHESON

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