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Provinces and United States Mei elsewhere in’ P.E.1 Provinces and United States the weakest ink.” : SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958.

It's Different Now Just a week. has passed since a Guardian editorial described the pre-

-one of the deadest in Island history and asked: “What is the mater with

| “the Opposition, that it isn’t going af-

' Time, But Not Much.”

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ter the Government hammer and tongs?” Perhaps the chief point made by the editorial was in it title: “Still

Now, on the basis of reports piling in from the hustings, it deserves to

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be added that there appears to have been time enough

In the past few days the campaign has given clear signs of “getting off

- the ground.” Not only a strengthen-

ed vigor but a mounting note of con- fidence has become apparent in the

| .. Manner in which the Opposition is

—. Park and other newly-joined areas;

emploving its “hammer and tongs.”

Best of all, the evidence is increas- ing that the voters are beginning to give the campaign the attention and discussion it deserves.

It could be sensed, for instance, in Mingling with the crowds at this week’s Alberton Prince County Fair that “politicking” was claiming at least as much of interest as the agri- eultural showpieces on display.

It appeared to be a particular sort of an interest, too—the ground swell variety, seeming to arise more out of what people feel, and their instincts, than out of anything said by political Waders on either side with the pur- | pose of arousing interest.

The character of thia interest, if f« general across the Island, could prove the greatest strength to Con- servative eandidates and the greatest perfil to the Government. When a ground swell is big enough it builds itself—neither can be halted nor speeded by arguments or political manoeuvres. ,

While it is too early te guess whe ther this is going to happen on the Island—-whether the ground swell now becoming visible is te grow or be peter out—it can at least be said ft has become big enough to vitalize the Conservaive campaign.

All danger seems past of the elec- tion being decided by default. No matter which side wins, both sides are going to be fully aware that they have heen, in a contest before the vot- ers finish their job of making their ehoice between alternatives on Sep- tember 1.

Town Planning

“That lands be acquired at an

~ @garly date for use as parks and

playgrounds .. .” That recommenda- tion in the report of the Town Plan- ning Committee to Charlotteton’s City Council is of the utmost import- ance to residents of this city for all time to come.

The pioneer planners made splen- did provision for parks and squares but that standard of planning has not been maintained durig the in- tervening years. Charlottetown has grown, has sprawled far beyond the

- Jimit of ;Euston Street but: only one

park has been added in that direc- tion and it is more than offset by the Joss of the AAA grounds.

The council must consider a num- ber of specific proposals in the pre- sent report. One has to do with bearing the — of providing ser- vices for building lots in developing areas.

The committee strongly urges in effect that when a $150 lot has its’ value increased to -$1,500.00 by spending $1,295 on sewer, water, gravelled street, and park and play- ground services, the owner of the lot should pay $600 of the cost of the services.

It may be that the city lacks the power to make such a levy; but that is a difficulty that the Legislature ean remedy if it seems desirable. On the one hand it might seem un- fair that citizens now enjoying all

'- these services did not have to pay

for them in a lump'sum but merely .as part of the general, tax rate. There is also the position of Spring

voters. may well have been

sale price resulting from the im-

provements.

The report most properly points out ‘the necessity of establishing priorities. It is important.,that de- velopment should be such that it is practical to run the main water and sewer lines and make immediate use of them. Each further extension should be made according to a time- table. Thus buyers of lots will not be disappointed by being told that they will have to wait before being connected with essential services.

It all comes back to planning. Good planning will enable the de- velopment to be economical and pro- vide homes. when fhey are needed. Lack of plahning will be costly and result in endless difficulty for many people. ‘©

Rural Education

Interest is stirring in the improve- ment of rural education. Bath politi- cal parties recognize this fact-by put-

ing emphasis on educational planks ~

their platform.

In the area surrounding Hunter RI- ver a movement is afoot to focus this interest in education generally on the problems that must be dealt with if there is to be improvement. A com- mittee formed after a meeting at New Glasgow has now published a leaflet dealing with some of the prob- lems of rural education.

It points out that the one-room schools do not provide sufficient fa- ‘cilities to train rural children for the. demands of modern life. Teachers be- come frustrated and tend to leave.. Local administration ison such a small scale as to be inefficient.

The result of all this is that the rural child is placed at a disadvan- tage in trying to get a proper edu- cation.

|——The-Public School Act, as amend-

ed in 1958, provides for the union of- ten or more school districts for ad- ministrative purposes and to provide a consolidated school for the higher grades. This would enable the older children to have access to special ser- vices, health programs, library fa- cilities and technical instruction.

At the same time it is pointed out that teachers would have greater se- eurity, less isolation and greater op- portunity for growth in interest and ability.

There is no suggestion that grades one to six would be consolidated. The old local school would still function, but the work of the teacher would be greatly facilitated. Far more time could be given to the work of the initial grades than is now possible.

The whole point, however, ia that the initiative must come, as ft is now coming, from the local residents. The Government can make provision for this development but only local ac- tion can make # a reality.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It must be that “Davlight Saving” fs a naughty pharse in an election campaign. None of our politicians seems to have metioned it.

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In Kings County they gave a new meaning to joint meeting when can- didates for two districts faced the public.: Alas for the day when rival candidates faced one another on the same platform. :

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It is scarcely surprising that one- third of the candidates for the gen- eral election are officially listed as “farmers”. Not only is this an agric- ultural province, but the farm vote is decisive in electing considerably more members than the urban on a strickly proportionate basis. This is one respect, however, in which neither party will attempt reform. That a rural vote is more potent than a town vote is a fact that has a long history in many jurisdictions besides our own.

. * In big cities, the “take” in a tag day may more often depend on pub- lie gullibility or “mechanical giving” than on a moral sense of support. Newspaper réporters in Philadelphia went round, recently, with collec- tion boxes a staff artist had clearly labelled: ‘National Society for Twinkletoed Children”, “Nazi Em- blem \Society” (complete with swas- _tika), “American Communist Re- fugee Fund”. “Heroin Fund for Ad- dicts.” The reporters made no sales pitch whatsoever. They merely ap- proached passersby. ‘Fhree out of every four persons responded and some contributed who had not even been approached. The newspapermen averaged $14 an hour in their_col- lectiona. .

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siate its intentions.” 1 That was the message given

baker to the IMernational Junior Red Cross Conference in Toron- | to last week.

Mr. Diefenbaker chose _ that audience, representing the world largest youth organization § with 55,000,000 members in 72 coun- tries. as the forum for the most | significant speech on the East- West cold war which he has de- livered since his return from his world tour eight months ago. His timing, and the obvious care he put into the preparation of what was clearly not a@ ghost-written | speech, were probably dictated by the forthcoming exchange of visits between President Eisen- hower and Nikita Khrushchev.

Mr. Diefenbaker deplored the | failure of the capitalist world to | launch the needed truthful and)

ideas _and ideals, at a time when) the communists are flooding the

suncommitted nations with prap- |

aganda. } MUST ACT

“What is needed is a new state- | ment of our purposes,”’ declared the Prime Minister. quoting Mr. Chester Bowles’ words spoken from: his first-hand knowledge as U.S. Ambassador to India

Mr. Diefenbaker starts reasoning from the thesis both the communist world and the capitalist world realize that there can be no victor in an aill-

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of mass destruction. We are | therefore -now. entering an era of |

gressive, competition. | |

“Each realizes the other's pow- er and therefore it y be that, in the immediate. years ahead, the competition-will be in the demonstration of the strength and virtues of the two systems.”

In this situation, Canada's mes- sage is significant. We have no! territorial desires, he said. We have no desire to impose our. will on other nations. We want peace in the world, for the dual reasons that we are very vulnerable, sandwiched ‘directly between the world's two giants, and that we live by international trade which depends on a state of world peace.

He referred to the, fast-growing population of the world—‘When I was a boy, it was 1.500,000,000; many in this audience will live in a world with a population of six billion people.”

“This increase in population constitutes an added challenge, for men everywhere are de- manding new living standards, greater equality of opportunity, and the hope of better things, | rather than the despair which has been the jot of so many through the ages.”

Mt was the promise to aim to fulfill these justifiable ambitions, the declaration of “his creed of

Welfars Capitalism or Christian will travel.”

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Democracy, that swept Mr. Dief- enbaker to his present position as our leader. The same promise, similarly pronounced from the housetops, could and would en- list the uncommitted nations into the army of the west in its war

“The free world must elearly out war using modern weapons against want

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The Prime Minister stressed

by Prime Mihister John Diefen- | peaceful, but perhaps just as ag- Canada’s generous role in pro-

viding material aid, technical training and technological skills to our less advanced Common- wealth brothers. By such deeds, and even. more by presenting a true picture of our deed>: and of our aims, we could win the cold war, he believes

“We who believe in capitalism know that it has errors, but -we claim that it has raised the ma- terial conditions of men, and has provided economic well-being unequalled by any other system.” But the principles of capitalism have been misrepresented and distorted by communist propa- ganda, and even by the perverted nature of some motion pictures, he said.

‘For these reasons. we must make a clear statement of the

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es of democracy under the capit- alistic system. Otherwise, the

| contest for the minds of men

may go by default.” There is sound sense in those

Minister, words which needed to he said, and which deserve to be read far beyond our shores. To paraphrase one of the less objec- tionable of those sometimes. per-

| Ministe words from the Prime

| verted enertainments which pre-

sent us in a distorted light, he was urging us te adopt as our cold war motto: ‘Have message,

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WHY NO\ ADVANCE | Sir,-In a recent speech Hon.

George MacKay, Minister of Highways, stated that ‘‘the -Pro- | vincial Government had signed an | agreement with Ottawa on a 0 50 basis, but up to the present time no other signature appears , eon that agreement nor have we received one dollar from Ottawa

If members of the local govern- ment had heen following the de- bate on the estimates of the De- partment of Northern Affairs and National Resources which began | on July 10th of this year they would have gleaned the following general information on the var- ious discussions pertaining to the Roads to Resources Program | from statements the Minister

With regard to routes the Hon. Mr. Hamilton stated that “the province suggests the roads and | we see that they meet our cri- teria.” Certain routes have been changed on the suggestions of federal members as being more in conformity with the purpose of the program. The orginal agree- ments contained a mandatory clause which stated that the pro-: gram must be. completed in five years. Most of the provinces re- quested a longer period, some of them up to 11 years, so that this factor was eleminated by the fed-

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time factor agreements with the provinces are identical and it was stated then that no provinces were pressing for final agree-

An agreement was signed on November 4th, 1958, with the pro- vince of British Columbia which had worked out all the details with the federal government. Af- ter negotiations with the. federal government the province of Sask- atchewan received an advance payment of $750,000 on February 5th of this year which represen- ted slightly less than what they

time under the 50-50 ment,

Although we ‘are the amalle: province we are entitled to t same assistance as other prov- inces, namely up to $1,500,000. and the figures for-the last year dis- closed that the government of P. E.1. would t to the extent of $1,250,000-for -work-— done in

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1958. Hence this province which

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had practically abandoned any hope af any extensive permanent | Coast, this year. Some prices | in the car, he felt sore, the mere

paving projects before June 1958 took almost full advantage of this excellent plan put forward by the Diefenbaker Government

Along with the $2.500.000 per year which is new and additional money received under the Atlan- tic Provinces Adjustment Grant the provincial government was enabled to embark on a wide pro- gram of heavy paving which im | cluded many roads, especially in| King's County. They should have been completed years ago j

In a statement to the press on July 18th, | mentioned that pro- vinces had received advances. Not until five days later did the | Matheson Government ask the | federal government for an inter- | im payment. They have now ask- ed for dW advance of one mil- | lion dollars under: this program. From the above facts the reas- ons, why no monies were received from the federal government are apparent. Until now the provin- cial government either did not wish or did not try to obtain money which other provinces had requested and received. It is ob- vious that any suggestions or im- plying that the federal govern- ment is in any way remiss is not most. only unfair but very un- true.

T am, Sr, elec, JOHN A. MACDONALD, HAPPY VACATION SPOT Sir,—Sojourning here for the sixth vacation in ten years may call for a few comments, I hope without offense. Things noted with pleasure in- clude the obvious and great ef- forts, made by the Islanders to

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enjoy his ‘stay. Also the great improvements in the roads, and other amenities. If we were to chalk up the items that appeal in order of their importance; at least to this visitor one might list:

(a) |The everlasting beauty of”

| good it | width ix however too narrow for

are creeping or rather leaping up too high, remembering dis-

tances to be travelled to get here

bw the tourist

Things that could he improved and over which the Islanders and visitors both have some con- trol, include increased action in accident-prevention, especially on the roads and thorouchfares. Ac- cidents form the fourth cause of death, the first in children be- tween one and fourteen years of age. Traffic accidents are note- worthy because of the terrible toll of life and limb that they take. The Island, we read. has -had more than its share of the latter

It would seem. therefore. that more can he done about acci- dent prevention. Without seem- ing to appear_a_killjoy for the motorist who likes to speed, In general the fifty mile an hour speed limit is really too high for even your hest roads. The sur- face of your new ronde is sé invites. speeding, The

safety at high speeds, and there are many blind spots, caused by turns or dips. Forty-five miles an hour would be ample on the main routes, and forty on all sideroads, and along the new parkways in the National Park Areas. Such limit should be en- forced rigorously, if lives are to he saved. Drinking and driving should be sternly dealt with at all times.

In regard to other things that could do ‘with some improvement perhaps the item that struck this visitor mostly was the Dump in Charlottetown which appeats a disgrace, and an offense to eve and nose. Better management wwould at least control all burn- ing. Tt was very bad at least one day this week.

Some of the smaller food stores especially In side streets in towns and in the country could do with some better management in terms of general appearance and hygiene.

The items that offended this visitor, include the occasional inconsiderate attitude of some

P.E.1., and the atmosphere of peace and quiet that generally prevails, in spite of the efforts of some to destroy these things.

(hb) The general attempt to im- prove things for visitors and to make their stay a joy.

Things that could be. improv- ed sometimes, but over which the_Islanders_now have no con- trol, in chief: the weather; but it has been bad all dver the East

officialdom not only in this Pro- vince but in other Provinces. The litem which really burned him ; up was the day he and his son larrived at the Charlottetown | Golf Course for a game during the morning, to be told they “could play for an hour only as a match was being played later, or_come back later. Having dri- | ven some._miles for fhat game, _and having sent his wife away

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Why People — Quit Smoking

poor health in general, chest com- plaints, headaches, stomach trouble, asthma or hay fever and ulcers.

OTHER REASONS.

Now, there were other reasons, too. Some persons reported they “just quit.” Some said they gave | up smoking because they found it expensive or a nuisance.

Others said they broke the ha- bit for religious reasons. And some reported they did i asa test of will power..

A very small percentage said they lost their desire to smoke. HEAVY SMOKERS

Most of these persons were _pretty heavy smokers. Nearly | half—43.2 per cent—said they |had smoked more than a pack | of cigarettes a day until they stopped entirely. Another 35.4 per ‘cent had smoked about a pack

each day. | And most of these persons said they inhaled moderately or very is Only 6.9 per cent said

they didn't inhale at all. Now that we know why peo

ple give up smoking, the big

question, of course, is how do thev do it.

| And that, brother, really is a | big question.

| QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. M. S.: What causes dry- ness of throat, mouth and lips im |a diabetic?

Do all stout people have dia-

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Answer: Dryness of the throat, mouth and lips in a diabetic is caused by chemical changes in | the mucous membranes resulting ifrom excess sugar in the sys- tem. Usually if the diabetes is controlled by diet and insulin, the symptoms disappear.

Although overweight people are more susceptible to diabetes, all | fat people are by no: means dia- | betic.

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WRITTIN SAP

The hieroglyphics on this beech, If Lone read them, doubtless tel

| Who was the last inhabitant

| Of the ruined house—who : toiled to reach

| The summit of the’ evening hill. Lighting has pipe upon the front.

Porch. was he friendly with the stars?

He kept the roof from. falling in.

He raised potatoes and a dog.

Now in the yard: some broken jars

With here and there red rags of tin,

Arrogant weeds, a rotting log.

Who left this house alone to die, Abandoned to the cruel weather, , To summer glare, to winter dark? His name is .on the beech, but I Find all the letters blurred toge- ther,

Blotted hy leaves, erased by bark —John Nixon Jr: in the N York Times

so when he could not make a bargain with the greenkeeper to play for that \hour for halfprice, which he would have been will- ing to do. But as a Scotsman born he guarded full fare for a few holes. A little more con- sideration here might have left a better taste in the mouth. I ; Shall come back to P.E.I. m spite of the incident, but many would not, -It is funny but # is | still the little things that really counts.

I am, Sir, efe.. KENNETH I.E. MACDONALD THE CAUSEWAY

Sir,—In their election advertise- ments the Progressive Conser- | vatives are now describing them- selves “‘The Party, of the Cause- way", and for some reason, are making a huge joke, of this Pro- vincial election contest. :

Everyone «knows that i was Mr. Neil Matheson, when Liberal member for Queens, who resur- rected the causeway question, by moving a resolution in the House of Commons, urging the con- struction of a causeway between Prince Edward Island and the mainland; and all electors know that the Liberal party is in favor of a causeway, dependent on the erstwhile report of the engineers in charge of the survey, as yet in cold’ storage tn Ottawa.

In the past 2 Provincial elect- ion has been regarded as a very serious matter, but now the pre- sent ‘Tory Team" are content to make a few silly promises and statements, not worth repeat- ing. Gy

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is being relished among the young crop. This is about two English- riding on a train. One low- his London Times and asks the other, “is your Chure- hill?” Getting a yes in i goes back to reading for a while and then uires, “first name Winston?” ch es,” A long per- iod of reading; then ‘“Harrow?” “Yes’’. ‘That places you.”—Van- couver Sun

There is, a Montreal medical scientist says, no _ theoretical limit to-human life expectancy.

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the average life-span in this coun- try has been extended from 50 to 70 years. With further advan- ces in medical research, it is considered possible that people may live not only to be 100 years old but perhaps even two or three times that.

Physicians and _ philosophers used to compare the human body to a machine and say that “apart from disease or accident

machine wore out or broke down. The comparison is not accurate because healthy body tissues, un- like metals or alloys has the capacity to renew itself and is “technically immortal.” Ot- tawa Journal.

The Age Old Story

‘It is Chirst that died, yea rath- er, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, whe also maketh intercession for us.

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GUR YESTERDAYS (From the Guardian Files)

Two threatening wood fires is the province yesterday were de- fying attempts to extinguish them One at Bangor started on Tues day and yesterday got control. i

of woodland are being consumed. Farm buildings are situated not far from the fire and every ef- fort is being made to save them.

Allan McCabe, Percy gan, Roy Coles, James Coles, George McLennan and W. A, Smith, members of the P.E.I. Rt- fle Team which took part in the Dominion Rifle Association shoot

at Connaught Ranges, Ottawa, ar 5 rived at their homes last eve

ning. TEN YEARS AGO (August 22, 1949)

The first move has been made in the direction of setting up a proper garbage disposal system in Summerside and prohibiting of dumping along the waterfront. It

was learned last evening that the town has purchased six acres of

may be contructed for the waste

that can be burned, and other | refuse will be buried periodical- ly by bulldozer.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Graham, Gasperaux, was the scene of a happy gathering on Wednesday evening when four generations of the family gather- ed to celebrate with them their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the re- cipients of many lovely gifts‘ not only from their family but also from their many friends.

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by Freedom

Did you know that the Conservatives argued against the passing of a voluntary plan of hospital in-

surance during the last session of the Legislature?

Dr. Dewar claimed that on a voluntary basis not» enough people would be included in the plan and the hospitals would have to pay the bill for those who could not pay. He voted against a voluntary plan.

R. R. Bell argued that a sales tax was the only method by which the money could be raised and pointed out that in Nova Scotia through their sales tax they were raising enough to more than pay for the plan. This was his stand firm and plain and no doubt he will per- suade his colleagues to use this method for financing hospital insurance and teachers’ supplements should the Progressive Conservatives ever come to power.

And did you know that those hit hardest by such a sales tax would be the farmers of the province who spend large amounts on farm machinery, fertilizers,

spray materials etc....to

country families whose grocery bill is much larger than

those of the City.

Also that it was the Federal Government at Ottawa that made the plan compulsory and not the provincial government. The Hospital Services Commission their meetings throughout the country were receiving

a real good response from

jumped in and made it compulsory for farmers to pay the premium through their milk cheques.

That more than a month -previous to the signing of hospital insurance, -a big-wig of the Conservative party on the Island was boasting that Ottawa would never sign a voluntary plan. We wonder how he had this information when government circles in Charlotte- town were given no indication that such was the case?

say nothing of the large

the people before Ottawa

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