‘PAGE FOUR TH E GUARDIAN‘

Morning Dally tFnunded tn H081) Authorized an hen-mid (‘Inn Mull, Pun Oiflu lnvartnii-iit. Ottawa.

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The Isliuiil tliiurdlun Puhllnhlng Co. Editor and Ilniiuging Ulriwmr, J. R. llurnell. Anluwlulu Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than t the Weakest lnk"

CHARLOTTETOIVN. FRIDAY. DEC. l6, I949

Canada Guards The Life Line

Canada's part in the North Atlantic de- fence schciiic is to be essentially the same as devcltipcd in World War ll. With ii1od- est forces for hcr own ilcfence zind having a rapacity to expand as necessary; her prin- riple rolc is llllll of protector of Atlantic shipping against attack by submarine. With the dcvelopinont of high speed underivatei‘ craft, sitrfzicc iosscls conic to cicpcnil inorc and niorc uptni i-ooiitirntitiii with tlic air arm. A major stop is tlie establishment of No. 2 lllaritinie Operational Unit of the R. C. A. F. at Greenwood, NS. which will form the uticlciis of a Maritime Recon- naisahce Squadron to patrol the Atlantic seaboard. Wing Cmclr. Arthur Earl, Sen- lor Air Staff tiltficei‘ of Maritime Group l-leadqtiartcrs. has oniplizisized that the new squadron will work in close co-operatioii with the finijvs iiirri.".ift "and surface ves- sels. and also with the L'uited Status Navy [lid the Royal Air Force.

Seeking British Registry

As previously noted. a discrepancy in op- erating costs between Canada's merchant marine and that of other countries has culminated ill tlic possiblc reduction to 40 in the number of vessels under Canadian reg- lstijv. These ~10 will be subsidized. There are now 218 ships registered in this country, plus 58 owned in Canada but on loan to Britain. To subsidize them all might cost, under present conditions. from $20,000,000 to $30.000.000 yearly. Therefore the Cana- dian authorities ‘have decided to permit all but 40 to sock British registry. They can then operate with British crews at British costs. .

LA first consequence of the Government's action. predicts the Ottawa Citizen. will be that several thousand trained Canadian sea- men will become unemployed. No one as yet can predict the number. Secondly, Canada will have under its own registry a merchant marine of only about 500,000 tons, although this country is the world's largest per capita exporter of goods. Thirdly, an important arm of Canada's defence estab- lishment will be substantially reduced.

In 1948. the average daily operating costs for 10.000-ton dcadweight standard war-built vessels was $810.50 for Canada; $972.52 for the I'.S.: $525.46 for Britain; $506.68 for Norway". $482.18 for The Neth- erlands; $421.71 for Italy. "Fliese figures are based on the rate of exchange at March 31, 1949. Since then, devaluation has furth- er broadened the gap. Canada could. there- fore, compete on an economic basis with the United States only. But. U. S. ships are subsidized. llloreover. by law they carry 50 per cent of all European Recovery Act cargoes. which constitute’ a large proportion of the North iktlnntic. trade. Without sub- sidies. (Zanadian vessels cannot. therefore compete ovon against high-cost American ships.

ilegiecting The Essentials

More than Sl(t0.000.000 has been allotted by the U. Fcrlerzil Government this year for research inirposcs. To this is added $25,000,000 that business and industry have made available to tlic colleges. earmarked in most cases for specific purposes. Never be- fore in their history have American in- stitutions of higher lczirniiig had such vast. sums of money at. their disposal to conduct. research programs. 'l'lic range of projects now under way is unlimited: engineering alone accounts for 4.000 programs in eighty-two schools; the ll. S. Navy ls sub- sidizing a luigc program at. a cost. of $20,- 000,000, and tlic Atomic Energy Commission has a heavy investment in university work. Indeed, almost cvory agency and depart- ment of government has sonic type of pro- gram in progress on the nation's campuses.

But the New York Times reports that there is a fly iii the ointment. It is the dis- tribution of those funds that is raising doubts in academic quarters. About 97 per cent of tlic total funds available from Government and industry are currently al- lotted for what. is called applied research, broken down as follows: engineering sci- ences, 37 per cent; physical sciences, ‘.25 per cent; biological sciences, ‘.21 per cent, and agricultural sciences. l4 per cent. Only 3 per cent is left for the humanities. the social studies or the liberal arts.

, This disproportion may vrell cause grave doubts and misgii7lngs. Although the .phy- sical sciences are very important, neglecting the academic side of research may ultimate- ly bring disastrous consequences to the American people. A number of colleges and universities are so concerned about this as- pad oﬁthe situation that they are turning

down requests from either the Government or industrial firms for research projects that are exclusively devoted to “practical" pur- poses. In doing so they are showing a pro- per sense of their responsibility as educa- tional leaders. ,

EDITORIAL NOT ES

Our brand of weather is retaining its popularity with oldsters. though the young- sters would prefer a little sting to it.

I O O

The Summerside airmen are helping to revive the healthy hockey rivalry that pro- duced the public enthusiasm and developed the hockey stars of another generation.

O Q O

Christmas carols are again in the air and over the air-ivays. It will be a few days before the ivaits will raise tlicii‘ voices, but the Salvation Army band made an curly start.

I Queberfs Department of Fisli and Game has launched a full scale investigation into the reported “gypping" of a visiting Ameri- can hunter. It is only by taking effective action against the rapacious few that the Population of a Province with lijtllTlSlS can be maintained.

Defence Minister Claxton, speaking of Arctic indoctrination exercises said: “This does not mean there are going to be battles in the Arctic. Our experience shows that that will not be the case." That sort of impossibility always seems to act asa chal- lenge to the resourcefulness oi’ an enemy.

I O O

The Ottawa magistrates ruling that a demand for a return must come from the Minister of National Revenue and not from his Deputy Minister is no mere technicality. In any organization, dealings with outsiders should be in the name of its chief even though the work falls upon a subordinate. The taxpayer does not deal with officials of the department, he deals with the ilopai-t.

ment itself.

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o Jane Austen, English novelist, born this date 1775, youngest child of the Rev. George Austen, of Steventon. I-Iants. Her first novel was entitled “Elinor and Marianne", but was changed later to “Sense and Sensibil- ity". Of her six- novels, four were published anonymously. She had difficulty finding publishers at first, but. later her genius was realized and praised by Scott. 'l‘ei1i1yson, Coleridge Macaulay’, and G. N. Lewis, “Pride and Prejudice", and “Northanger Abbey", being popular favourites, up to the

present.

Giving the show away. Says “The Sask- atoon Star-Phoenix": A stolen dictaphone not only spilled the works when hailed into court in Dusseldorf to give evidence against a thief and two receivers, but dispelled for- ever the old fiction about “honor among thieves." The three culprits, it appears, didn't know that the dictaphone was turned on while they haggled about its price. When the record was played back in court it gave a play-by-play description of the whole af- fair, including names, and added insult to iii- jury when it revealed that Receiver No. .1 had cheated Receiver No. 2 over the price. Things have come to a pretty pass, and sci- ence has gone pretty far, when a man can't turn a dishonest “n1ark" without lacing “snitched on" by an infernal machinc.

Canadian soldiers who served overseas during the Second World War have not for- gotten the ragged, starved, dirty-faced youngsters who bummed them for chewing gum and chocolate in _Britaii1, France, Bel- gium, Holland, Germany and Italy. Up- wards of 2,500 rocking liorscs, carts, trains, wooden and stuffed animals, motor cars and other toys were manufactured in Army hobby shops across the country during the past year and are now in process of being shlppod to Europe. They will arrive in time to strengthen the belief in Santa of many a European youngster who otherwise, for the tenth Christmas in a row, might have thought the old fellow did not exist. He does -and always will. Unless. that is, he gets an early discharge from the Army. And

that's unlikely.

Something unique. Oslo street car con- ductors and bus drivers got the surprise of their lives when a large delegation of pass- engers descended on transit company head- quarters recently. They represented the civic booster club of Rlslokka district and came bearing gifts of flowers and a case of fruit-the latter donated by local orchard owners. There were 11o complaints or sug- gestions; nothing but expressions of thanks and satisfaction for good schedules, equip- ment, and service. Surprised and pleased, as well he might be, Transit Director C. F. Matlilesen admitted that this was the first time in the history of Oslo's transit system that passengers had expressed their appreci- ation with fruit and flowers. Drivers and conductors confided in their note of thanks that words simply failed them.

THE GUARDIAN, CHARDOTTETOWN

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ROOT!

I've known days WhBII a passing

sight

Was window to the inﬁnite.

There is a place when a curt track

Outs deep into a green down’: back.

As wire cuts cheese, and you may

walk

In shade between two walls o! c alk.

Save at. sun‘; height. Once in noon

glare

I camc on sudden shadow there,

And locking up I saw On thigh

A tree ivliose branches brushed the

sky Spioutiiig from the cliff-edge and. ivoiidcr!

A tree inverted. branch uncle: '

Into the chalk. It was u l

Twin scctls had struck root on the cliff.

Arid one grown skyward and one iliirlcd

l-Ils ﬁngers to the underworld;

But those down-delving limbo and shoot-a

Wero that same lofty glmtu root-a.

‘Ilhmugli the cleft. ridge the path- way led Dorm to a vale with trees o'er-

sprc .

But for a while I scarce could see In all that vale a. singile tree.

Only ioots, roots . ’i‘hcn the pritli wound

bpwards: l footed open ground And $llﬂtlﬁvl"l0& grass. but. I was ‘ivare

Of. a power moving in the 1.1:.

A ferment underneath the green, Lnicli-r each tree a tree unseen. And when a scared bird rose to Illi- Iiis nulspread wings against the sky Seemed roots. Methought. all Nat- ure brulta

A mystery. O what the root;

And 0n what stem eternal g-mn Ea rtlrs evanescent sunset rose’:

And when the crimson fades In glocm

Darkness bursts into starry 51°41!“- And globed buds the heavens fill Rooted mom deep than lgdIaslL

—Thomu slim-p.

Old Charlottetown (All P. l. I)

MARKET HOUSE PLANS

Journal of the House u! As- sembly, May 5. 1854:

’l‘he Hon. Colonial Secretary. from the committee appointed to rcceive plans for the intended Mar- kct House lo be built in Charlotte- town, reported as follows:

“Thai. they have carefully ex- amined four plans submitted to them. by sevenal architects in Charlottetown. together with the TOMpCCllVt" estimates of their pro- bable vost. which four plans and estimates your Committee now submit to the House, with their opinion, that the plan designed by Mr. Henry Smith, marked No. 2. lS the one they would recommend for the adoption of the House. The estimated cost of the buildiing is H.000, ill built with wood on a stone foundation. and £4,500 if built with brick on a similar foundation. Should this design be

The Demand increases

snowed ustpme, PLEAQE/

- Notes By

The federal government. got a. mandate last June on a housing program which included continu- ance of regulation along with the provision of nciv, low-rental hous- ing units. There was no talk then of shifting responsibility to the provinces. Where and why thc provinces now should be handed the onus is hard to sec. They have contmol over none of the fac- tors and commodities which deter- mine the basis of property rentals. These remain with Ottawa, cxccp‘. for property taxes which are in rthe hands of municipalities. Toronto Globe and Mall.

Fifty yearn ago there was much argument on the question: Vl/lien does the twentieth century begin" Some people said the moment would arrive as soon as nineteen replacad eighteen as the firs-t di- gits in the calendar date. Others maintained that a full nineteen hundred years had to roll by to make nineteen convplcuz centuries. The second and more logical op- inion finally prevailed. according to those who remember the dc- bate, and January l. 190i, was ac- knowledged as marking the new epoch. Now in 1949 there is talk of the approaching end of a half- century. A "man o! the half-cen- tury" is to be nominated by Time magazine, and other publications may be getting ready to record the history of five decades. But sure-

rcjectcd by tlic House. the next plan your Committee would atp- provc of. is the one designed by Mr. Isaac Smith, marked No. 8, to cost about. tlic same amount.” Resolved. that u committee be appointed 11o receive tenders, dur- ing recess. for the erection of a new Market House, in Charlotte- tnivn. agreeably to the plans re- ferred to in the foregoing report ~marked Nos. 2 and 8 -— to be laid before the House at the next Session.

Santa Claus Under Fire

It would sr-em that. Santa Claus is just a bourgeois capitalist. af- ter all. In the Soviet Zone of Germany. according to n dispatch to this newspaper. the mammary holidays are not to be celebrated this year. Ftvery cliilrl has the minor trag- edy of learning one clay or other that. “there is no Santa Claus" but. it. is an irrmv of fate and his- tory to see the bv-nevulent. patron oi’ Christmas banned in the coun- try where lie was born. The belle! ln Snntn cr “Kris Kringle" u the gtvr-r or Christmas presents came to us from Gcrmiiiiy and so did the Christ-mas tree. Once utpon a time in New England-even in New England. the Puritans for- bade the nlisorvanoe o.' Christmas, mad» December 35. a market day imd ordered that the shops b0 kept. open and no plum puddings bc made. The reasons. how- cvcr were not: political. econ- onilc or ideological; there were religious. for the observance was considered pagan. Today all of u: celebrate the day and honor St. Nicholas with‘ equal pleasure.

When the Germans in the East-

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Douhtlcnn Thou nrt our Father; though Abuham he Ignorant ol ml, and Israel neknowlodge u: not: Thou, 0 lard, art. our Fllher. our Redeemer Thy nnmq In from even- lasting.

G. F. Hutchuon 8i Son

OPTOMETILIHTI

‘Spoclnllr in tbs fitting ol ‘lune: (or tho correction 0|

ocular ‘defect!’

NI GRAFTON 9TB!!!‘

lly it is clear that if the century

em Zone first; heard of the ban on "Hither Christmas" they thought: it. u joke. Communists are not. in the habit of joking. There really ts no mom for Santa Claus, or the spiritual values he represents, In a totalitarian state. Out he goes! But he will be back another your. We all learn philosophically to accept. the fact. that he is not a real person who goes up and down the chim- ney, but he has been alive in sjal- rlt too lonz and in too many places in be killed of by Communist decrees.

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began in 190i its second half is not duc for more than twelve months. It will br-gin on January l, 195i. -- Glclbe and Mail.

Perhaps the best new: that has yct cnierged from continued gov- crnnieiit purchasing of crop sur- pluses came from Boston. In a season of overloaded orchards. every school child in the elemen- tary grades is receiving a federal applc a clay. Apples can undotuibt- cdly nourish tlic brain, and it is iicriiaips in recognition of this fact that. an apple has bocome the tra- ditional gift of child to teacher —- a course now pleasantly reversed. If an apple a day were led to each Boston child every autumn. who knows what inltaiit Arislotles might develop, what lads of l2 or less might cntcr Harvard, with a con- sequent littcr of cores around the’ yardF-Nmv York Hen-aid Tribune.

On a. crisp November morning in 1898. J. W. Packard drove out of Cleveland in one of those “new- fanglcd, liorselcss buggies." bound for his home in Warren. Ohio, 53 niilés away. In the first 20 miles he W35 “out. and und-er" at least a half dozen times. In the next mile a tirc blciv out. He repaired the damage only to have the thing blow out in his face again in u splurge oi‘ "puncture-proof" glue and feathers. During the rest. of the day the drive chain broke. the radiator sprang a lmk. and on several hills Mr. Packard leaped out to brace the wheels with bricks when the engine stall- ed and the brakes failed. At one time the steering wheel 9mm around. knocking Mr. Packard into the dust. Late that night he ar- rived in Warren behind a tugging loam of plotw horses. Mr. Pack- ard ivrotc immediately to the manufacturer oi’ the contraption suggesting improvements. The re- ply was sharp: "If you're so smart “thy don't. you build one your-

lf?" Mr. Packard did-Chris- tian Science Monitor.

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HOW T0 GIVE HIM

srnrson .

It’s as simple as dome in and get a Stetson gift i certificate in a glistening minia- ture hat. box...

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(‘mm it to HIM rm (Tlirislnial Day.

He trades it in for the‘ Stetson o’ his choice.

SLI,—I cannot remunber of ever reading a letter more to the point. on the potato situation than the letter of Mr. J. P. Hooper in The Guardian of December 10th. Mr. Hooper has pointed it. all out very clearly,

A: a member of the P. E. ls- land Potato Growers‘ Association. twenty-live years on the board o! directors. ten years as president of the said Association, l can endorse much of Mr. Hoopcrs rc- marks.

In the early day: of our seed potato industry. we did not have much surplus seed stored in out- buildings, We. of the Growers‘ Association sent out bags of our seed all over the Southern States and elsewhere as "samples". The result was greatly increased orders. Word was sent. out. that the mar- ket for our seed potatoes was iin- liniited; our farmers took hold Zliltl made a real start in tlic business. Then what happened? Business men, blnkerl. doctors. lawyers. clergyman and other: were all in the business; they had no stor- age; potatoes were piled into warehouses, burns. sheds and in fact piled outside in the woods for some protection. By then tho Ain- erican buyers came; they sizcd up the situation of outside stuff and bought at their own pricv.

Had tlic secd potato business been loft. to the farmer lie could have made out for frost-prop‘? storage. but with this over-produc- tion by non-farrners. and low prices, the farmer could not tif- ford to build the frost-proof build- ings which he should have liacl. and no doubt would have donc, had the price held as in the early ‘Twen- ties.

Over-production of seed pota- toes killed the industry. as over- production of fox furs killed the fox industry of I’. E. Island.

I would. thercforc, nslv czirli and GVGTY potato growoi‘ to rcrid and digest and profit by Mr. lluoPeis very clear and able letter. 'l‘he nth- cr fellows are out. of it now; ll l5 up to tlic fziitnicr to DYDVIClQ stor- ago and profit thereby.

There is another branch of tlic industry that requires looking after by the farmers or potato growers here in the Georgetown-St. Geor- ges District. In the early years oi’ tlic Georgetown potato shod. the farmciu were W?" lllM-‘Ptl and everything ran smoothly. 'l‘hat'. feeling among the fanmers does not exist today. I know potato grow- ers who will not ship to the Georgetowntpotaio shed. and to prove it the potatoes do not conic in as they used to. The farmers claim that the expense iii tlic Georgetown shed is far loo great; and the shippers are not satis- tied.

The ports of Charlottetown rind Summcrside have shipped by boats this season. somewhere froiii unc- to one and a half! million I00 lb. sacks. Georgetown has had about half a cargo in two boats or per- haps less than 70.000 100 J4. sacks. Why is this? Our longsiiorcnicn are "holding the bag".

Some years ago Mr. J. W. Boul- ter. manager of the P. E. I. Potato Growers’ Association, took over the Georgetown potato shed from the Department. He appointed

the writer as agent. to look after

DECEMBER 16, 194,

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Public Forum

THE POTATO SITUATION

the whole xiv‘ 5 . to is: grandma ia, to hire the firemen ‘My l” them. and also the ligm Th up‘ was very dim and p962. a: .3“ here today. The pqwer l. ll 1' here cannot. be Supplied osqulnd girougii that. old and. mun egabﬂr owev ' . ~ Per bill? we PM 1°’ u“ 118M u

Now here isit ~ . . for the coal, alsgetllfﬁuitreel gl-ld men's wages, plus the 113m T. it. was during the war aha boats, the amount. to thgxghed M not as large as in former w“ However, l kept the among?“ We“ Slllllftvr and ivhen we cl d in January, I gave to each SE91 per a statement showing what g. Stunned and also ivlm, gum" ‘hi; Pf-‘d. and the charge to each 1M n; ivas less than one cent per buml for tlic season froiii October may‘ to will into January,

What is the cost. today? Th, shippers know directly m4 m. farmer: indirectly. Th}; m" b. Why t-ho farmers from Puma-um island tn St, Georges dqjm to tlie Georgetown pofjlo *6‘ u usual.

However. there was (m; h", and very successful shipment w“), two boats loaded hero in m. spring of i048 to the British may. kct. dircctcd by the late J. W, BDlIllPI’. Mr. Boulior asked m; to recommend a man to tn" charge of the loading and 1 “med James McConnell. Jr. I asked My, Boultci" later how young Mug”. nell mrasured up. and his up]; was: "Jimmy made u treat 1gb of loading those boats." Not | word of excessive charges from Jimmy lvIcConxiell.

Now where i: it? I 1Q 1gb. per: who got my Itatement for loss than lc per bushel h; u“ scnsnn, xvlnit it costs lndny, and w-livi’ Waccs have gone up any‘. 10c. per hour in the shed. Again I ask shippers and farmers. how lllf‘ excessive chargas are made up?

Today we see coal tru/akod from lllnniacue tn the potato shed. ‘M; tlircr- coal dealers are all ‘bail ‘Tories’! and Liberal coal muat be used. (I doubt if IVlessrs. Poole 4!: Thompson asked for this). I luiow that the Liberal Patronage Com- mittee hem do not approve of, importing coal to Georgetown by tnicks.

Our roprcsentzitlve would be well advised not to take suggestion: from his Georgetown correspond- ant. We learn that the same man has applied for the position o! \\'l1§iI‘llll£Zt‘I'. Our present wharf- ingcr. lllr. Andrew Lavers may ii» getting old like the rest of uslmt lie is giving good service; a mm of cducation and very satisfactory and capable. The proposed change of wliarfiiigcr would not be popu- lar lii this Town nr with ti! farmers. It’ a change had to b: lIllIflC‘ iii the future, we have t-wo young and capable business men here. men of pleasing personaliti- who would give good utinho- tion. in the event of lllr. Luvei-u retiring. Mr. Kickham would be ivell advised to go sloav in this. and to consult with his Liberal Patron- age Committee here.

I am, Sir, etc.

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