an 5-.1.-c-.su. '-Esg .5 2 .i PAGE roar. THE GUARDIAN. UHARLOTTETOWN N OVEMBE "THE Gu,ARDiilA1xi The Island Guardian Publishing Co CIECIJLATION rotll City Zone Retail Trading All Others Total Net. Paid zoiio” President and Aomclato Editor. Inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor, Frank Walker. s 'Y"Tlie Strongest Memory I5 Weaker Than the Weakest Ink". FRIDAY. NOV. 16. 1961 .m.. CIIARLOTTETOWN. .E.j- - r x Price or Iilsinilation The London Economist is being quoted freely in the House of Commons this ses- sion. Mr. James Sinclair. parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance, draws on the Economist to support his Govern- ment's shigh-tax created surplus. The way to fight'inflation, he quotes, "is to remove the surplus purchasing power that made the buying spree possible. The weapons are higher interest rates and a budget sur- plus." On the other hand, Mr. J. M. Macdon- nell, financial critic of the Progressive Con- servatives in rebuttal, quotes the Econ- omist: "There is a point beyond which a nation cannot tax itself without making in- flation inevitable. If everyone expects prices to rise appreciably every month, money in the pocket or the bank becomes something to get rid of." But, notes an exchange. neither side quotes the rest of the Economist's argu- ment, which holds that an effective policy against inflation "must allow an initial rise of prices without precipitating a further rise in wages that would immediately off- set the effects of higher prices." There are two ways of doing this, the Economist says: 1. Government formal control of wages or labor to make less of a sellers' niarkct. 2. That the pressure be not always toward higher wages for every worker in every industry. To achieve that, the Economist holds, rlisinflation must go far enough to remove the excess of jobs over workers "and re- store not unemployment but the possibility "of dismissal" for the inefficient worker and of bankruptcy for the inefficient firm." Further it asserts that it was not a question of anyone advocating unemploy- ment but people needed to be warned "that full employment cannot mean security for everyone in his present job.” It is understandable that no politician will follow through on the Economist's arguments! uttering A forgery Without commenting on the truth or' otherwise of reports that numbers of forged cheques have been passed locally a word may be said about the seriousness today of such offences. When trade advanced from the stage of barter to the use of gold and silver coins it was essential to the proper conduct of business that those coins actually contain the weight and fineness of metal indicated and harsh penalties were provided for-clip- ping or otherwise dcbasing the coinage. Similarly when paper money, bank notes or government bills, was substituted for . specie the issue of forged notes was made, a most serious offence because the whole! conduct of business within a country de-i '” pended upon confidence in the medium ofgas postmaster general, while one of exchange. . Today more business is done. by means. 5 of cheques and other bills of exchange thaiil - by means of legal tender. There simplv is not enough money in circulation to carry, on daily business. It is essential that con-; i fidence be 'mai"tai"cd in that Systcm Ofideliver their products to it. The announce- I payments and for that reason both the writer of cheques on non-existent bank ac- counts and the actual forger of others' sig- nnfures must be firmly dealt with. footnote To History . While most people know that Mr. Chur- chili is descended, on his motherls side, from a United States family, it may not be so generally known that American history is also woven into the ancestral pattern of at leasttwo other members of the new British Cabinet. The Winnipeg Free Press gives the details as follows: Mr. Eden, the Foreign Secretary. is a great-great-grandson of the last British governor of the province of Maryland and Sir Walter Monckton, the Minister of La- bor. is a descendant of ii British govemor- gehorul of New York. - A. further reminder of the intercon- of British and American history could.--hum the National Geographic So- hyo that Downing Street, where clothe residence and office of Brit- been well came under-mthe goodN""races of Charles II, to such an extent th he was permitted to build four houses on "a pretty open space" in Whitehall.. One of these houses eventually went into the making of No. 10 and its first prime ministerial oc- cupant was Sir Robert Walpole. IEDIIURIAI. nines A word to the wise. The present mer- chant sales provide an opportunitygto buy Christmas presents and store them away for the appointed time. U is Something every housewife wants. An English firm has developed a method of metal-plating porcelain to .make tea sets which have the good tea making properties of porcelain yet are unbreakable. t T 0 Lovers of music are exceedingly fortun- ate in having such a fine Caruso programme at the Prince Edward this week-end, and they are taking full advantage of it. 0 O O The town of Summerside and the C. N. R. seem to be one mind about the location of a freight shed away from the present congested area. The next step presumably is to get the authority of the powers that be. The current astronomical price of tailor- made cigarets has given re-birth to a "home, industry" of the depression days. Equip-' ped with machines, persons capable of only light work, or with a lot of time on their hands, are turning out well-made fags which are selling for 392.50 for 200. O The shortage of nurses is not by any means merely a Canadian phenomenon. Reports indicate that the problem is inter- national in scope so that the scale of train- ing here, to be realistic, must allow for the steady exodus of a considerable proportion of Island graduates. 6 Congratulations are being extended to Mr. J. William MacKinnon on his appoint- ment to an important position with a busi- ness firm with headquarters, at Ottawa. He will be greatly ,missed in Government cir- cles where he has proved himself to be a highly efficient civil servant, whose position it will not be easy to adequately fill. O O 3 Reflecting a brighter trend in Canada's butter situation, the Bureau of Statistics reports that creamery butter production increased nine per cent during" October. Consumption declined two per cent, the stockpile on Nov. 1 was slightly higher than at the same time last year. Margarine production and stocks showed sharp in- creases. I The Suez Canal was opened for traffic this date 1869. The scheme was superin- tended by M. Lesseps under an interna- . . . . Yrvt s. E . tional commission. Its total length is 100 :of,,..S?3.,,., onroiied an ",1, 0.. miles, including some 24 miles of lakes and C85'0"- "N8 becomlns charter members. were Messrs. H. B. an average of more than thirty ships 3. day make the passage. The British Gov- ernment acquired nearly half the stock in the company in 1875. t 0 0 It is rumoured in Ottawa that Post- master General Edouard Rinfret will soonl resign from the cabinet to be named to the Court of King's Bench of the Province of Quebec, which is the court of appeal, in succession to Mr. Justice Paul St. Germain,f who will retire. I-Ion. Mr. Rinfret's record! ac- complishment of needed economies. has not been one to gain him popularity. , A I I The agricultural products marketing board proposed by the Federal Government is not to have powerlto compel farmers to mcnt comes as a relief to many who con- sider such powers an encroachment on their freedom. There will inevitably, however, be those who will urge such powers of compulsion as a means of making such :1 scheme effective, should it prove unable to compete with other marketing methods. 0 O 0 Mr. W. K. St. John, Secretary-Treasuiu er of the National Council of the Dairy in- dustry declares there will be no recurrence of "runaway" prices which pushed butter up to 85 and 90 cents a pound nine months ago. Creamery butter currently is selling at about 70 cents a pound. Mr. St. John based his predictions on unexcelled pasture- lands during the summer production months. increased -production and a slight decline in consumption, taken up by in- crease in lnargarine sales. 0 U 0 .It is with good reason that the Cona- dlan Government has been -slow to crack down on certain types of company promo- tion which are frowned upon by the United States. The rapid development of industry has usually been associated with an sons of incorporation and a fairly free hand, apart from fraud. for the promoter. In- vestors may sometimes, or even frequent- ly. be” let in for tlossibut such facilities are essential to any rapid industrial develop- wgm, . . . , . ”' visits to this Province given The Guardian special last week. reference was made to crirkct games in which the tinguishcd This was the popular sport of the day. and was sponsored by Charlottetown Cricket Club which was formed on April 9. 1850, "at a meeting held in the Masonic Hall. Charles Stewart, subscription five rules of the game as laid down of London, Swiibcy, Charles Palmer, W. Mc- .-'-ma be me to the pea-iuviey .l. " .5. Old Charlotieiow min 2. a I.) .-,.g- .- TH!) CRICKET CLUB In the accounts of earlier Royal in pplemont dis- guests participated. the Esq.. presided. Affcr fixing on the name of the club. it was resolved that the entrance fee for each member be three shillings, and the annual shillings. The by the Marylcbone Cricket Club. were adopted. The membership was limited to thirty- fivc. the election of officers and future members to be by ballot. It was decided, with the ent- rance moneys and subscriptions. "as soon as possible to purchase Bats. Balls, Wickets, and any other necessary things. and also endeavour to procure a Field for the use of the Club during the ensuing season". The first officers of the Club were elected as follows: Pres- idcni, Hon. William Swabey; wrec- nresidcnt. James D. Hasznrd, Esq.; Commiltcc. Charles Stewart, Jos- cph Hensley. Alexander Beszciey, William Hodgson; secretary, Ben- jamin DcsBrlsay: treasurer, A. H? Intosli, Thomas Swabey. A. Lane, Jr., D. O'M. Reddln. George De- Blots, Michael Beazclcy, William Pclhick, H. F. Jarvis. Monson Jar- vis, A. Sims. Donald Mclsnuc. J. C. McDonald, VV. 5. Longworth, H. w. Lobban. T. Heath Haviland, N. Rankin. Stuart Trcmiiin, Fran- cis Longworfli and John Inga. i A 5 I Optimism In British ti Guiana IThe Times. London) It is now some years since ll measure of political odvancemeni was promlsedto British Guiana. No doubt it was overdue. if com- parisons are to be drawn with neighbouring West Indian colon- les. Delay was imposed not be- cause the territory was backward compared with its neighbours but. because of the complex mixture of races there. The 1940 census show- ed it population of 376,000, of whom the largest single element. were" the descendants of Indians who came from India as indent- ured labourers to work in the sugar estates after the Abolition of slavery. - In 1948 they numbered 163.000. have 1 high rote of illiteracy. and are increasing so rapidly that they will constitute over half the pop- ulation in ten yenro' time. The next largest group are the Afric- ans. with 143,000. while there are Amerindian, Portuguese. British and other European minorities. Undqr the existing constltutlo titei-e are the checks of o majority of non-elected memberr in the legislature. and o literacy test and small property out on qualification for the vote. The difficulty has been to mid I way of loosening these checks without unlooslng racial troubles. . g . I The new conultutlonnl propoools jut published ignore the eat of racial differences and recom- mom! I majority of elected mom- bm in the chamber to be chooon bv unfverlol adult suffrage at the age of twenty-one. It. certainly (7010 seems too boon to abolish oilo- . nether any olecim-of disqualifica- tion in this colony. It has to be asked. too. whether. oltipugb re- lotions botwoon the noon in lilt- frli aufono or-0' unorollv sood. some limit. to the number bf mom- lo bm elootod from any. om rooe lhould mt bo fmpoood. Tho oommldon which drafted thou propooolo ooknowlodoc the dangers of racial by re- otrgoo r-.-v--ending that consideration Io ilow. A Short . -183.-sf S Wlldyslavv Gomulko, former secretary-general of the Polish communist Party. vice-premier and minister of recovered terri- tories, ls one of two top Commun- ists facing trial in Poland. Some of those who sold Poland out to Communism now are paying the price. - Windsor Dolly Stir. This in the age of the joke box, the microscopic apartment, the shrinking dollar. the confused mind. the highway crash. the ad- vance of science, the lost humon- ities, the welfare state and the last frontier. London Free Press. Louh Wright. Jr.. was driving carefully along .- street in Provi- dence. R. 1.. when a. policeman whlstled him to a halt, then haul- ecl him into court where . he pleaded guilty and paid a. 32 fine. The charge was violating a clouse on his licence requiring him to wear eyeglasses when driving. A Denver mm is sentenced to sixty days and fined :84 for driv- ing at 80 miles an hour and through a red light. An all-worn- an jury hear: his appeal and sends him to jail r 120 days and boosts his fine to 3500 on charges of driving under the in- fluence of liquor, reckless and careless driving and passing I. red light. Revenge for all those "wom- an driver" cracks?- Hamilton Spectator. An Immortal memory has I birthday. on November 5. 1040. Capt. Fogarty Pegiin. commander of an nrmedt merchant. cruiser, turned his ship against I. German pocket battleship to save the con- voy under his guard. The Jervis Bay that day went to her certain doom in an action as valiant all history has known and the V0 posthumously awarded her skip- per was earned by all her men.- Ottawa Journal. Now that the Prince and Prin- cess have departed the shores of Vancouver Island. the time has come to ask ourselves: Did we do :5 job? Did Their Royal Highness- es get. ii broad. represenutlvo look at, our city and our people? was the Victoria reception wor- thy of a city which prides itself on being one of the most unique in personality and setting, of all cities in Canada? The answer. to any honest and lair-minded citi- zen, must cditolnly be: "No." The word for our reception wu pedes- trian. if not pnrochlol. it. was un- imaginative: the some stiff for- malities at City Hall, the Perilo- ment Buildings, the state lunch- eon. The Indian doncos. which might. have offered some relief from this drab proceosloml, were rendered comic, if not ludicrous by the appearance of performers in high heeled shoes ondg store- bought. othel. - Victoria Timon. A llorrow for. labour was con- vlctcd of assault when he throw I jar of pickled pigs feet or. a man. A witness described the culprit as "In odd oortiof boy.” pond, if he nppi-oclotod the delicacy of llmlieriy pickled plu-foot he must have been just shot. to throw jar of thorn away. It's odd. how some of the foods normally to- goi-dod no unoppotfofng become delicacies for gourlnoto. Thou from older londohlwhoro food has never been no abundant. II bore. fhoaoerotlry U Stotgfor the F3 t1!Ni0fM.'Ilb0lnI lln Iicoblo. Thmh ouppor . '.n&P;:l.u nun) puttboniinto In from noon. iinsottlod Vloiiiiier" 1. Notes By The Way :1. paring thorn so they are fit. for eplcures to eat. when people haven't enough meat to out they enjoy what otherwise would be cast. aside. They use about ev- erything but the squeal. The Eng- lish have been noted for dishes out of kidneys, tripe blood puddings. The French have their snails and other oddments. The Russians have naccnts in all parts of the world to eat.- even if they do not en- joy - caviar. The Germans noted for their pickled piss Md falls (as anyone sampled the products of Water- loo County will know). -Windsor Daily Star. zine and newspaper articles, are commending house planners architects for omitting the in present-day designs. They ,oi-e all wrong, and they err. per ops, because they have never thc thrills of snooping around an old fashioned attic where found the cost.-off tools and toys of previous genero- tlons. If the specimens to the Ixistles and hoop skirts so much the better makes the exploration more terestlng than a bundle of old love letters tied up with o. ribbon. attic is invaluable, first at I place to store baby carriages and cribs. which are often sold or given away too aoon.nnd in ii plncoto in- oorcente turbulent boys stormy day. This addition to the house is worth all it costs just to see the pride and which grandmother brings down the crib and the years and the first grandchild Ir- rlveo for 3. visit. say what. they like about these plans, it lsnlt home without: an at- tic. - Flu-mers' Advocate. I Looking down I sec blue-eyed morning swing On golden ropes over valley dork- Fluslicd from sleep. to it flush of Cities small as a gosslpod word Lie at my feet. with their strid- Thot loot itself in the msnunlio . once And held for I shining momoni. of-noun: any reference to . kw making and enticed in- are feet who has Youthful journalists. in nun- and auto enjoyed in are the rt-iment, so back and nothing in. All on I pleasure in toys after 20 modern house 7.7? MOUNTAIN MUSING I from the rim of heaven neu- Out and downruntli everything In drenched with light and the brown hills woken, wing. Looking. (lawn from the rim of heaven end yunmer only I light tale I have heard. And .the song of o white-crowned bird. . I-ooklns down from the rim of I om caught by the Ihond or .n. where The old the new and tho word for- i to In Wall: in the tingling du-knau there. -Gllcon Douglu ills Ago-Old Story- " to bl b0 - are adept. at the uses of. all pos- em e Y3 to attend "mm slble edible foodstuffs, and at pre- Jheapor electricity even to some Tevlvol and. despite political dif- '5nuuu RI 16. 1951 T By Leo P. Mclouo gPart Two (continued) (All Rights Reserved) GENERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES are concerned. About six per cent. of the population are farmers, and, before the war. they produced enough to feed thirty percent of the population. At that time, many farms were vacant and the soil was being depleted. Today, h0WeVB!'. with an orderly system of marketing and distribution, the same percentage of farmers is feeding about fifty per cent of the people and the soil is being stead- ily improved. The Ministry of Food is gradually ieleasln, the re- sponsibility of regulating the dis. trlbutlon of food products to mor- ketlng boards on which both the governmeift and the consumer are represented with the farmers. There have been several inquiries and even a Royal Commission or. the principles of marketing legis- lstlon. All of these investigations have upheld the necessity of legislation for effecting stability in food prices and security in-agriculture. The British Government is mak- ing loans to assist with the estab- lishment of cooperative seed-clean- fog and grass-drying plants and also for clearing and improving land. There is in vast forestry pro- gram in effect all over the coun- try. liillsldcs and forest areas are being dotted with young trees. and A system of forestry protection similar to that in Continental countries is being promoted. I U C harm". are same must contend. operation of pu quite apparent service to the g now known as various ossfstan effect to help to organize. years-in fact drudgery, exploi hearted attempts mlsslve financially and lent basis. In est of the European coun- tries. t are is generous state help tural schools. and every possible effort is being made to raise the standard of living on the form so that young ptople will want to stay on the land. In fact, in most. European countries. at the present time. there are few. if any. vacant forms and there is a ready de- mand for forms offered for sole. At the annual price-reviews. be- tween governmenta and Farmers Unions, forward prices of food are established at least for one year and very often for two or three years. in advance. We read I great. deal in our press about socialism and nation- allzutlon schemes in Britain. Many well-informed social thinkers are convinced that socialism is not the answer to the politicalnnd soc l problem of the modern world, yet few of them have offered a con- structive alternative course to that which the British people accepted in their darkest hours. Those few, by the way, do not. have n. wide following at present. Government control of railways. electricity. and other public utili- ties in the European countries and in other parts of the world is the accepted policy. This policy has resulted in the contfnuolexpanslon of those essential facilities to the common people regardless of who- ther they live near the cities or in the more remote areas. Proc- ticslly every form home in Den- mark and Sweden has electrlcltyf and in Norway, Holland and Ger- many. tremendous expansion of electric service has been made since World War II. During the past few years in Britain the water power from the Highlands in Scotland has been harnessed and a vast electrical development has been started; such projects will eventually bring electricity to the most remote vol- leys of Scotland and supply on a cooperative boats. years. The most 1777 discovered organisms-p l u n forms-in the- them "plankton search work has of fish, fishing year to year. led by scientists this work that Cou Sea tzons to the One of the systems of fish fishing fleet is n ure. jointly owne olive wholesale. labor union and Again. central that the quantity the country gets parts of southern England. State railways and State elec- tricity in Sweden are among the most modern and efficient in Europe. There are no steam or dlesel locomotives; they are all electric. Electricity. available in at d is also replacing such products as cool and gasoline, for electricity is ' , cleaner and much more efficient. The Boundl- nnvlon Governmeiitli are also help- ing in the distribution of mllk,cod liver oil. and other necessary foods. to factory workers, mothers and young children; they are also helping to my rent for large fam- ilies in low income brackets. In each of the Scandinavian countries there is compulsory mil- itory training. of from elgiit to eighteen months, for bll young men nineteen years of ago. New policies of social old are continu- ally being dllcuued. and various types of credit to help young people got. established on forms is coming into affect. , We shall not go into tho mod- lcnl plan, the mines and the polit- lcol lumen of Britain here. Suffice it. to boy that the people of Brit- oin have achieved an admirable procenlng. plant. the largest lent in the couii mcnt. of the wh burg. From the stances) cooked- li. this II1Ci0l',V. cooked by soakin, 3 Chill gcther wit cked in P llclous. Herring fng public. lit in ferenoeo, they are working together .1! ngncmdy for the common good. Stow so- ofollorn, howovor, oppooro fto be with with the some prob- emo that have olwoyo marked the history of socialism. The Labor Government completed practically every project that it undertook. Raeurdlns further 'notlonolisoi.lon " motion. they on now faced with the questions: "Do we stop now? Whore do we go from beta?" Not only to the general population divided on the onlvroro to than onl. but even the polltlclono thomoolvoo on divided. Many of tho ooofoiloi policies on working out well. but there on two oppor- ent ieooono who stole oocfofiun will not succeed on I general on- us being used: operation. The Northern mt Droid. Axolun win. . that. n ooclolflt oovornrnoni must. fill keyvpooftiolil in admin!- mroiiou with polftiool supporters. i-other man with capable and quounod civil servants. "Jobs for tho ", o in Oi-unity. o. o. NGINIY. Oullonder. for soon And, .' '1 and dangers with In Scandinavia. some for-reaching surveys in nu. cries made during the part in roduct, called "roll-mops" plastic containers, instead cheaper and more attractive can be used several tlrnu. nooouniolldod nuainr 'c.:niiva-.;.u.w.: Swgtbal. The W” Dole. o.n.'u.: A century of 9'' Danish National for "Denmark" flelsntloru id: of loonomlc cooper Federation Nationals Dc operation Agricola: LI CW Agricola on France. Gallagher. Patrick: Lessonss From Europe In Community "Progress Britain. as we have already seen, is es i 11 has always been an importing henlthpesiigillges Eslr:lig:gt in I country. as for as food products' padding aceoum, ,md'.h1;m""ll. opmem. of the ttlt d 9."'l' an comm: author u e that it is anyhow. so such practices gr, the sovernmm, n: the diff M which solcflldiig: Therefore, altho h . progress has been": mmE"d""' made in mm P116 utilities, 1; I, difficult to foresee h eminent monagemeiiiijv 3.1;” W" 10118-berm ouccm in com commercial fields. Howeve ottu; Pllclted . it u mil government Gwnefihlll End operation 1 public utilities as mentloiiedce.Tm "35""! in Rteater efficiency .5: enei-oi public Flshermenlo Policies l Fishing is on lxn t ' in nearly all coun;t)i'oilesurl)'i "western" Euro” Ce plans most of generation: - .1 totlon ma in”, to organize. mh. ei-men have establish if marketing board hinged ”.1,.."f,'.',I3 , legislation their markets. help their memlien to resume Pui their whnlo industry on A modern and offlc. In England .apeclal concession. and assistance in financing wu granted to fishermen during per. iods of meat shortages. while in Ireland the government has n pol. icy whereby fishermen orgsnligq hosts can fimiico new draggcrs and deep sea fishing there have bun striking example of this is in Deninuk,whcre slim the Danish zoologlst, Muller. in many microscopic is and animal sea and named ', continuous in. beon carried on. The metabolism of the sea, liti- tory and habit of various special equipment, cloned seasons. transplanting. reasons for fluctuations in fish numbers from over-fishing. and methods of improvement in many of those fields have all been stud- from many put: of Europe. It was as I. result of the Intcrnotloml ii for the Exploration of tho as set. up in 1902 with hud- quartcrs in Copenhagen and tin since made significant contribu- nshlng Industry throughout the world. O I 0 most reniirkoblr marketing and processing is to be found in Hom- burg, Germany. Here, port of tho cooperative vent- d by the cooper- the fishermen": the municipality. The fish are brought down from the North Sea. and sold by auction at the fish market, whether the! are brought in by the private or cooperatively-owned crawlers. - selling ellniinntcs price cutting practices and insure: available will no distributed so that each market in its fair share. only in this way could the catch bring the. highest price and be evenly distributed. (The coon9””' lve product is sold in this way. then is re-purchased in suction before taking it to their plants for The cooperative fish pi-occssim and most CIllC' try. is a cleimt olessle in Him! droggers. tons of herring are released through i chute from the trnwlcrii into th- factory where they boned. sliced am. (in some 1"" no cleaned .all before belnl touched by human bonds. The latest methods of smokliilc curing. and frying are ctfilllll." some liemns 1" them In vinczli and mix. for live or six dn:v'8-,W,”'," cooked and sliced. thus. the 05-1 drop on I table where the view are rolled around a S1100 0' 1" cucumber and are fasten:-rt 10' and is de- fo prepared ii; . The about thirty different ways. '0 1:. the various tastes of the comu put up in 1”" and small can: of varylnlz 5h”””' NOW of tin. they are mills: wrIpD0d- no comm"' 1-he - promotion otlon Be"'"" countries: Northern countries in World 30"" ; cooperation " La 00' pclllllill M, stun- : caper-ii" " , Aoke: r-mer-' 9'' I og:srr.':cn In sum". ' im fafld-Vial! . no roonuiiuod on rare 5 001- V ” 3; C:E those "9 '"i n , the fishing industry. Biitgaged In the policies require the fisherman In Norway, mu.