. l K e -3 On the first hunt, the Economic Record , ,with the .Eui-opeaii partners in the North PAGE FOUR , lTHE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN THE GUARD-iAN' Authorized no Second Club bllll Pout. Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co. President and Auocfate Editor. Associate Editor, Frank CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Etlwud island Ian A. Burnett, Wuiller. like the dew” j'Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Yhu the Weakest ink". CllAR.LOTTETOH'N, THURSDAY, SEPT. II, .1955 Regrettihle Decision , The news in todays issue that the Am- erican Can Company's factory in Char- lottetown will cease operations permanent- ly on or about December 1st is regrettable from every standpoint. The company took over here from a local concern, the Char- lottetown Can Company, with high expec- tations of resultant possibilities. Its re- search facilities were made available to the packers and its long-range plans called for the building and operation of a new fac- tory which would service the whole Marl- time Provinces. The fact that the business has not been sufficient to warrant further continuance, after seven years of operation locally, calls for some serious reflection on why the expected enlargement of the de- mand for cans did not take place. In the economic survey of the Province prepared in 1944 for the Provincial Gov- ernment by Dr. J. E. Lattimer, emphasis was placed on the importance of processing Island farm products to the greatest ex- tent. The possibilities of developing the canning industry were particularly stressed in this connection. Another gentleman who preached this gospel continuously for many years in this Province was the late Mr. H. K. S. Hemming, who contributed many articles and letters on the subject to The Guardian. Mr. Hemming was convinced that large-scale operations were the only solution to the problem of high operational costs. This meant a large initial capital in- vestment, which in the end would yield giltedgcd returns in a Province so bounti- fully endowed by nature with facilities for producing the finest garden crops in Can- ada, not to speak of our wealth of products from the sea. Whatever the reasons for the American Can Companyis decision to discontinue operations here, we cannot believe that it is due to any decline in our productivity. ' Only the other day we published a glowing tribute from Mr. Cyrus Eaton, prominent American industrialist and a native of Nova Scotia, on this very subject. "It is an inspiration," he wrote to Premier Jones, "to see the splendid progress of the farm- ing industry in Prince Edward lsland." For the future he noted that the great mining and power developments that are under way in Labrador and Ungava should pro- vide excellent markets for our products. Mr. Eaton may have been thinking of un- processed products, but it is a recognized fact that the ideal place for processing perishable products of any kind is right where they are produced in quantity. and- quality. We thoroughly lndorse Mr. E:iton's view that we stand at the threshold of an era of steadily increasing prosperity in our agri- cultural and fishery industries. One dis- advantage. of course, is in shipping and transportation generally compared with other centres. This is where processing as: against raw product shipping pays bigl dividends. Our dairy farmers realize tthi-7. fact: and have capitalized on it increasing- ly in recent years. But why should we ment for which she pays in dollars. gethef, as the statistics of imports and ex- ports show. she is buying more than twice AtianUc':'Treaty. gets its share of Canada's appropriation for mutual aid. which in the current financial year amounts to 5324 millions. This is spent, partly on services such as the training of airmen in.Canada, and partly on armaments such as guns and ammunition which Canada is contributing under mutual aid. The allocation of this money is a matter for the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty and is not a bilateral deal; it is done in an effort to equalize the burdens of defense. With regard to the b100 millions of arms orders for Britain, Canada will be spending nothing like this in the United Kingdom in one year; The figure given is nearly the total value of contracts placed this year-or likely to be placed this year -but these are long-term contracts. and payment will be spread over a number of years. An example is the purchase by Canada of the new aircraft carrier now be- ing completed in Belfast. These orders help the United Kingdom to earn badly needed dollars for her exports, but their primary purpose is to help Canada. More- over, Britain places orders in Canada for a wide-variety of articles of military equip- Alto- as much in Canada as Canada is buying from Britain. With regard to the figure of N0 mil- lions capital assistance, it seems likely this represents the amount spent over the past two years by Canada in providing as- sistance to United Kingdom firms who are doing defense jobs here for the Canadian Government. There is no question of aid in this. Canadian material, and expenditure on la- bour falis wholly within Canada. The cap- ital assistance is a plan for the execution of items within Canada's own defense pro- gramme, and the employment of U. K. and other firms in this way is clearly to this country's advantage. Britain is having hard sledding financial- ly, but she is still a bastion of world free- dom and there should be no feeling of superiority on our part in lending what as- sistance is possible in readjusting her econ- ,0 omic balance. The mild rebuke implied in the Economic Record statement should be taken to heart at Ottawa and wherever else it is needed. EDITORIAL NOTES . The task of teachers is to teach boysl and girls rather than to teach subjects. As Dr. L. W. Shaw pointed out to the Mount Stewart teachers' convention, the object of teaching science in the schools is the mak- ing of good, useful citizens. O This Province has frequent occasion to be proud of its people away from home. Today His Honour the Lieutenant Gov- ernor presents a Royal Humane Society certificate to Mr. Howard F. MacEachern for his part in rescuing a passenger from a. submerged and Overturned car while in British Columbia recently. g x Public Works and Highways Minister MacKinnon could refer with pardonablc pride and relief to an extremely favour- able summer and "an organization that left nothing to be desired” for proceeding with road work. Spring and early summer were far from encouraging but conditions since then have been almost ideal. 0 Jan Christian Smuts, South African have to send large shipments of our beans to Nova Scotia at the present. time, and, large shipments of our cucumbers to On-: tario to be processed? I 'We have, it is true, very few men of. any considerable wealth in the Provinco;l hut. enterprises of this kind should have; the fullest community support, parl.icula1'ly1 from the large mass of our people who arci directly concerned as producers. If we con- tinue to ignore the opportunities at out" door. and the challenge to further initiative, which these opportunities involve, we shall have only ourselves to blame for the con- sequences. ' Aiding Britain-And ourselves Canada. appears to have been doing a little too much boasting about the defense aid it is rendering to the United Kingdom. ' it is taken to account in the Economic Record, issued by the United Kingdom In- formation Office, particularly on the fol- lowing claims: that we have allocated to Britain iii150 millions as a "free gift", that d10D millions worth of Canadian pur- chases halve been made for military equip- ment from the U. K.; that we have pro- vided 570 millions of capital investment. assistance to help U. K. firms establish themselves in Canada. says there has been no- "free gift" of S150 millions. The United Kingdom. together soldier and statesman, died this date 1950, at the age of eighty. He practiced law in Cape Town and Johannesburg and became state attorney under President Kruger. He held supreme command of the Boer forces in Cape Colony and proved a daring and able commando leader. He worked unceas- ingly for South-African unity and prosper- ity and Anglo-Boer co-operation. He led South Africa in both World Wars and was leading figure in forming both the Lea- gue of Nations and the United Nations. A little item in the London Times tells of the. return to England of the double- deckcr buses which have been on a good- will tour in Canada and the United States. The three British bus drivers steered their cumbersome vehicles off the beaten path and rolled 12,000 miles across the North American continent. "This", comments the Winnipeg Free Press, "was a bus-man's holiday with a vengeance, and they are now being permitted to take a well earned rest before resuming their old duties. 'It can hardly be otherwise than that these duties will seem a bit mundane for the first few runs. But the busmen have done a good job. They have amused, in the hearts and minds of millions of Canadians and Americans. feelings of friendship and kindllness for the men and women who will soon be once again hopping aboard these same buses bound for Hammersmith, Pic- cadilly Circlfl; or.the Marble Arch." The bulk of the material used is etc; and so for Qorrgu shortage of gou know--defense (am- mitmentsand all that" etc, on -the one hand-. Doth The Right Hand Know What The Left Hand Doethf? Qteel ti.-- may wt roe 5.6. while an the other-.. mow , ,57,4L BIXILDW6 3- cteezrrtb t'o4;r PUBLIC FORUM This column II open to the discussion by correspondent. of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of ' wlrcapondcnts. CIVIC AFFAIRS Sir,-It should be of particular interest to the tax payers of Char- lottetown to note the action of Councillor Edwin C. Johnstone at the last. regular meeting of the City Council, when he placed a motion before the elected repre- sentatives of the City of Char- lottetown, to recover monies due for work performed. Also the sup- port given by Councillors Farmer and Storey in seconding the met.- n. While defeated. it gives the citi- zens information of vital import- ance and is a. criterion not to be forgotten when a new slate of councillors are being elected. We are amiss in our duty if an appreciation is not expressed of our gratitude to men of such high calibre. who are giving of their time and talent. without recom- PC1156. For a City in such dire circum- stances. financially. it is alarming to note the lack of interest evid- enced by its tax payers and the nonohalance with which they re- said it situation. which in the final analysis, is their responsibility." I am. Sir. etc. INTERESTED TAX PAYER. foam &ma2' FROM THE ST., LAWRENCE AND THE SAGUENAY The bark leaps love-fraught. from the land: the sea Lies calm before us. Many an tale is there. Clad with soft verdure; stately tree Upllfts its leafy branches through the air; The amorous current bathea the islets fair. As we skip, youth-like, o'er the llmpid waves; White cloudlets speck the golden atmosphere. Through which the passionate sun looks down. and graves His image on the pearls that boil from the deep caves. many a --Charles Sangster. Buried Treasure (Ottawa Journal) A young woman who is a student at the University of Tronlo has made poslble the discovery of an important cache of ancient Indian ',coppcr tools and weapons at Lake iFarquha.r. near Wilberforce. Her lstudies allowed her to recognize it blackened chunk of copper as an Indian axe and she followed the trail to the cache now being explor- cd with excitement by a group of experts. North America hno been reckless with its history. Indian mounds have been opened and their con- tents scattered by curlo hunters who started their nefarious work whenever the pioneers reported traces of in previous civilization. The outposts of French and British set- tlement. the northwestern habita- tion: of the fur trade, the papers of frnn" 1 who ” I Never start. out on a trip of more than 9. mile and 3. half with a child under five without taking two or three gallons of water along for alleviating to some ex- tent his insatiable thlrst.-Kings- ton Whig-standard. The ever-hopeful Britons, hav- ing failed in raising peanuts in the East. Africa hush, are offl! planting 20,000 beach plus to re- claim waste land in the Sahara Desert; -Ottawa Journal. That there are compulsory lim- its to suburban expansion when it is too swift is seen in the action of the oakville-Trafalgar Planning Real-d. It. has prohibited indefin- itely the subdivision of any more lands in Oakville, Bronte and Tra- falgar Townshlp because, as the chairman says: "We do not want. the township to go broke or the people to move out because taxes are too high."-Hamilton Spectat- or. Who says there are no oppor- tunities any more? We heard of a ”green lrishman" Who came to a south Alberta town some six months ago direct from the Ould sod. He must have been a bit. of a hustler. First he got. I job on a bread route that takes his time till noon. In the afternoon he sells radios. In the evening he sells deep freeze units. His earnings from his three jobs are now run- ning at the rate of over s4.ooo a year. No more opportunities? No more frontier? There wasn't a. "no" in this Ix-ishman's vocabul- Qry. --Iethbridge Herald. The Prettiest This and the Pref- tlest That are the trade marks of our times. No new car, jet plane. sausage factory, rose festival or garbage scow can be released to its work in the world until it has been photographed with a Pret- tiest Girl at the controls. No can- didate is really elected, no bridge opened, no new brand of flcially launched, until ever- smillng Prettiest has been snap- ped kissing it or tasting it. re- spectlvely. Life would he much duller without. all this, no doubt, but on bad days we sometimes toy Mysteries Of Speed (Montreal Gazette) The tremendous force with which a high-speed aircraft is thrust through the air causes areas of powerful "turbulcnce' to grow at the trolling edges of its wings. No mat- ter how solidly constructed, when a plane its forced, as in 3. power dive, to near the total of its en- durance, H. wing "flutter" results. Since British Jet. pioneer Geoffrey Deliavliialld was killed in 1948, it. has been considered that. when the speed of sound was reached. this "flutter" becomes shock waves great enough to cause Lplane to disintegrate. The tragedy at Fsrnborough on Saturday evidently dlsproves this theory. Autlhorltative aviation db- servers of the "explosion" of a Jet fighter which killed 27 persons de- clare thnt the loud "bang" which occurs when the sonic barrier is posed "is known to be in no way harmful to the aircraft or its crew." The British authorities may be right in the light; of present know- ledge. The aircraft in tbt disaster had passed the sonic banter over 100 times belfbre it. "disintegrated." But t.he1-efis still no explanation of had to thaw the ink before -they wrote. all too often have been scat.- tered. burned or lost. Romance does not belong exclu- sively to the churches. castles and battlefields of the United King- dom nnd Europe. In Oancdo. the veil of time is being pushed back despite the dlalntcrun of govern- ment and the opal-sens:-of the funds made available for historical and anthropological neuron. The discoveries of the future oumot be left entirely to thmou-o of the de- voted. but growing band of enthu- aluu such an the III! who found the Lake Fsrquhnr axe. Thu can be wand, and the nation nary protected, by the oo-operation of the public in preserving, reporting. and respecting the relics of bygone years. z Notes T3); E M01 i The Way I. 3 . J 8 with the thought of the prettiest Prettiest of all lining up beside that other highest. product of our civilization. the atomic bomb, and posing-with a big smile, of course-Just: I little too long. - Victoria Times. Many municipalities have been so busy warning the property own- ers to cut down weeds that they seem to have neglected the flour- ishing stands along their own roads and streets. Some of the tallest and healthiest rtgweed in the country is growing on city property within a hundred yards of Toronws swank University ave- nue. And neither Toronto nor ragweed are the only offenders. Qther cities have streets just as polluted and along most. of them botany students would have no trouble making full collections. There is little encouragement or hope of the private citizens clean- ing up their property and making it attractive unless municipal au- thorities set an example.-Totem to Financial Post. T "There's no place like home." muttered the young Fort Wil- liam husband as he finally finish- ed shaving one morning. He had just lather-ed his face, when he was interrupted the first time. His wife was drinking her morning cup of coffee and reading at the same time. She overturned the cup and the hot. liquid scolded her knee. startled by her cry, the hue- band rushed from the bathroom. ran back for the salve for burns. ndministered the salve. He hath just picked up the razor to tackle the whiskers, when there was another scream from the kitchen. He dashed out again to find that as his wife had bent down to wipe the floor where the coffee had spilled. she pullod.ihc table cloth with her and the pot. fell on her back.- Fort William Times-Joub nal OMMWOFMO Fld C harlollelown (And r. 1:. 1. ) LARGE PORK SHIPMENT u "The brigt. Swiilsurc, which or- rived from Georgetown. P. E. 1., lost week. was the only one of eleven vessels which left that port almost at the same time. which reached her destination; one sink- ing at Arlchnt, another going ashore. and the rest. pulling back on account. of ice. The Swiftsure made A fine run. being carried through the Gut stem first by the ice. She was consigned to Messrs. J. S. MacLean & Co. She had 247,000 pounds of pork, cured And in carcasses. and 10.500 pounds of lard, from the well- known packing house of Robert Bridges. Charlottetown. at which there have been put up over 2,000 barrels of pork last full. all of which was sold in St. John and Halifax." -Halifax Chronicle, Jan. 20, 1881. it H:-.Q)es-e-to-m-eds-t-ob-tug Whcrewlth shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? IIIAII I comov.bo- fore him with burnt offer-inn. with cnlvel of a your old? . . . which bear the trance: strain. It is well known that new alloy: will have to be discovered before planes can be built that will stand the heat of more powerful jet en- zlnu and the friction of the air it.- Ielf at supersonic speeds. These mystery explosions” may indicate that oven furtiher require- ments, as yet unknown. wul be de- manded of the materials for air- crnft. construction before present speed record: cnn be-. safely passed. b 1 SEPTEMBER 11, 1., WHAT 1155.15 SCIENCE 11'' '.l."hi5 mectinx of the British Auociation for the advancement of science a year ago. In raising the issue the Duke spoke.for hosts of thinking people the world over. In fact he gave expression to in thought which has bothered the minds of men ever since the first attempts at. scientific research. The discovery of the atomic bomb with all its dread potentiall- tles has intensified the problem but it did not by any means cre. ate it. From the time man began to inquire into the secrets of the Universe the problem has existed, and of course it. is growing more formidable all the time. And it will continue to grow as science d01V8-5 deeper and. deeper into those secrets. t Every student of history knows that. with every advance science has made. ll new terror has come into the world, iv. new fear to darken the life of man. Thin is one of the perplexing paradoxes of the human story. and so far as anyone can see there is no end to The scientists know and have known for many years that atomic power. for instance. once it were harnessed, ,couid be a. blessing to the human race. They know also that it. could speedily remove all trace of the human race from the earth. This is the supreme fear of this generation. I . . . The number one question in the next. world war. should it come. will not be "Who will win?" but, "Who. if anyone. will miraculously survive the general devastation?" Victory in war is already an ar- chaic notion. No responsible per- son cver talks about it any more. Science. for all its technical ad- vancement in so many fields, has actually put us back where our primitive ancestors were thousands of years ago as they tried to stay alive in their conflict with elemcn-' tel. uncontrollable forces. What then is the answer to the question the Duke of Edinburgh asked 1 year ago? Should the scientists get together and decide to have not.hing.else to do with any form of research? should further knowledge of the atom. for instance, be discouraged because men may use such knowledge. and are in fact. likely to use it. for tbeir own destruction? Should the springs of scientific learning be allowed to dry up for fear that if unchecked they will ultimately en- gulf all civilization in a. cruel drowning flood? Is scientific know. ledge simply another device for enslaving the spirits of men? I suppose that. at one time or another every thinking person ponders questions such as these. Our hearts are likely to answer "yes" to them all. but our minds say "no". I 0 This year at the annual -meeting of the Association referred to above. Dr. A. V. Hill, a noted physiologist. stated the scientists position in clear language. "we must continue probing the secrets of the atom." he said. "even at the The Passing Scene by Observer question was asked by the Duke of Edinburgh at. the annual kl I MAN nous NOT stnmvg... seek knowledge. and it 15 nd no I whole to take and political position .. :r.:n:.: so It would be very t gine that it would tfeohsh :0 i check the onward march ence. Barring universal 0! fllcted Benocide which ad, is by no means impriybabk. we to Predict. that the ' discoveries of the next, tury will eclipse everything of which ma dreamed up to this monlcntl 1. for in "19 millfn inch 5 E n E :- H C -x o .-.. (V- :r 5 to understand how direziition science advan muc farthe 1 " knowledge. mil Bagnglugie 1.3:" of gens? in the last my ye... fag; loslrwlalrelythlnz is now Considered It is a fact. that our .sg-1.-Mme in its way lust as ealF;?.?,i””W religious faith. As the iaieaif" hi-Shop Temple once 5hTcl)l'd'v ch' served: "God is interested hmob; forgot many things besides mm, loo Had the scientists ever W... from research because of the Em involved. mankind would suulm in the dark ages of reason h. 11Vin8- To give a few Simple. lustrations, there would today 1; no matches to lighlrour fire: medicines or anaesthetics to rein” pain. no means of transpmm beyond the horse and buggy. p as everyone know. one match .5 set a city ablaze. one small cl; can demoralize whole commum. 21:51. SL1; an automobile can um; It seems right to say that W ever the risks may be-and thu- arc plenty of them, some ve dangerous ones-the search 1., knowledge must. and will go .,., Whatever may be said about 1 ' purpose behind the laws of - UNVCI”-I6. science itself is neltb moral nor immoral, but unnior Its only concern is with knowle per se. The question of how use knowledge, once it has bee; 593-Whed Out. for the moral bet. ferment of individuals and poop). is outside its province. thougn M doubt many individual sclentlsu ponder the question a great deal. . . . It seems to be generally agreed that if human society IS to rscapg destruction as 9. result of 1),. knowledge which man has accum. ulated and will continue to serum) uiate in ever increasing mensu: some way will have to be found bring about a stirring of mom consciousness commensurate Wlih the demands and pressures of modern science. That; appears to be the most urgent task awaiting a new generation unless. as soma su, it is already too late to begin such a gigantic undertaking. If it. can be done, l.he achieve- ments of modern science and those that will follow in the years rm. mediately ahead will culminate in the bright meridian of glory and enlightenment. If not, it is almost certain that what we call Cli'liiZii- tion or anything resembling ll. 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