yefetitifte.-as i '4 z in disposing of the issue. but it is to be i. Frada roux THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN ocronax A16. 1951 about 5110 millions which the Federal Gov- ernment is already paying as its three- quarter share of, the' present old age 70 year.and over pensions with a "means test". That leaves the extra net estimated 1952 bill 'at S258 millions. , A quarter of that, or s65l,-.1 millions will make scarcely a dent in the still growing Government surplus for 1951-52. But any- thing left over after all bills are paid at March 31, 1952, goes to reduce the na- tional debt. Provision for the extra 5258 millions for 1952-53 will have to be made in the April, 1952 budget along with the ' rapidly increasing defence costs. ZTHE GUARDiAN Authorised as second Class Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publislsinu Co CIRCULATION 3.785 8.457 82 1 .. 13.010 alotai City Zone Retail Trading Zone All Others lotal Net Paid freaident and Associate Editor, Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker. "Tile Strongesl Memory is Weaker Than the Weallesf Ink". bi-ltARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY, OCT. 16. 1951 f Canada Savings Bonds The sixth series of Canada Savings Bonds are now on sale at investment deal- ers, banks. and through the payroll sav- ings plan and may be purchased in amounts of S50. S100. 3500, 31.000 and i5,000. The bonds are F05.-'lSte1'ed in lhefseems to be a considerable increase in the owner's name, are non-assignable and non-,Suppiy of iiiicit iiquori The attempted de. transferable. They will realize 3.21 pCi'C0nlIi1ivCi-y of a pa,-cei of liquor to a prisoner It held to maturity. but may be cashed atfai the jail high-lighted the iiiegal epidemic. full face value, plus 2 percent interest, uti -I 9 I any timc.y 1 Among new equipment to be shown at a AS their lillc imDli05. the 130005 31”? f01';Business Efficiency Exhibition at Bristol, the Purpose Of ODCOUI"-igillg lhllft. and Sal” England. is a credit sanction system for big l"S- and 35 they ?l1'9 based 0” H10 S0CU1'llY stores which incorporates a super-sensitive 01' the C0UIlll'.V they 0ff0l' 8- gilt-edged ilk telephone and a device whereby bills can be vestment, particularly to families of mod- stamped wiih authorisation by remote con. crate means. There should be no difficulty ii-oi, I:l)l IURIAL NUII:S The smell of burning leaves is pleasant, but housewives are inclined to think more of the effect on the family wash. O i 0 Judging by police prosecutions thel" if I Premier Smallwood may be overly op- timistic about the establishment of new in- dustries in Newfoundland but it is to be hoped that-results exceed his plans. An- other nearby industrial market is all to the good for the agricultural producers of this Province. V 9 hofxed that the purcllascrs will be widely representative of every community across Canada. ' The Happy Warrior At seventy-six Mr. Churchill seems to be more vigorous than ever, travelling in all sorts of conveyances and in all sorts of weather, constantly speech-making, and revelling in one of the stormiest election campaigns of his career. There is no doubt but that he is enjoying every minute of it. No British parallel to Mr. Churchill's achievements occurs to mind, says an ex- change, except that of Mr. Gladstone who fought and won the general election of Westminster Palace. containing the 1892 at the age of eighty-three years. ButiHouses of Parliament. was burned down, Mr. Gladstone, unlike Mr. Churchill, liudsexcept for the hall, this date 1838. The not at an already advanced age been called New Palace or Houses of Parliament was upon to endure the ordeal of leading llislbuilt between 1840 and 1867. The Com- country through five years of world con-Imons chamber was damaged in the Sec- flict. sheltered life. ' There are three reasonably close anal-1 . ogies in Canadian political history. Sir Lack of winter housing for live stock, John A. Macdonald fought and won a "gen-I like lack of frost-proof storage for potatoes eral election in 1891 at the same age as is blamed for some irregular marketing Mr. Churchill. Sir Wilfrid Laurier lost the troubles. Money is reasonably plentiful general election of 1917 also at this ad- just now and the design of shelters for pro- vanced age. With both men. and cspecia1- duce and livestock has made considerable ly with Sir John A., the physical strain ofiadvance so that the situation should stead- the campaign greatly hastened death. The ily improve. third is Sir Charles Tuppcr who returned to lgad the stricken ranks of the Conserv-. Probably no one, in or out of Govern. ative party in 1806. at the age of 75 years; ment circles, is altogether satisfied with the Sir Charles was more robust than any ofischool situation but all concerned with ad- the others. It is often forgotten that hciministration and teaching may well be 'iVed Ulllil 1915. dying ill lhc Heal age Offproud of the results accomplished with the '94 years. (amount of funds available. The example However, none of these Canadian lead- of progressive districts has a leavening ef- srs had to endure anything comparable to-fect on the tax-payers of near-by com- the burdens and strains which Mr. Chur-munities who in turn become more willing chill has carried since 1940. ito finance higher educational standards. 1 Residents of Inchbury Street, Hamilton, want to change the name of their street because of the notoriety acquired by a gang of youths using the name. Undoubtedly the action is technically "constructive", but probably less satisfactory than the nega- tive action of breaking up the gang. O O O iin a neo-Gothic style. 0! I O O O I i it is awkward that the chairman of the iTransport Commission should retire just when the Government orders the.Commis- .t, .d'th.d.. ,. the Federal apparently f;”'l-..3.2E”.E3?i..ih 15:1...”?iil';?.?LZ'1.2”giiE2' intends to meet the increased cost of un-iBOard practically Called for the enforce- "msal 1; 0 pm month Old qge pensions -mcnt of the Turgeon Commlsslonls report estimated at 3252 millions annually, out ofiand the C N R taking exception appeali - 55500 millions makes that easy. in the in-lCfmSlderatlon' The ”ha"'”T”" thereupon re- tcrim before the new 1952-53 fiscal yvcaldslgned 0" tho ground of '"'hea"h' budget is brought down, probably in April. the Government will have decided cxactlv what "contributory". "pay-as-you-go" tax revenue plan it will adopt permanently to pay the universal old age pensions. According to an Ottawa correspondent in the Winnipeg Free Press, several in- fiuential financial advisers of the Govern- ment arc urging that the universal old age pensions should continue to be paid an- nually out of the total tax revenues of Canada. That's the way the family allow- ance bill of some 3324 millions is paid. In the United States, the old age Social Secur- ity. system provides pensions on the basis of the amounts paid in annually by wage earn- ers to: Social Security fund. But these pensions for the small wage earners are very inadequate. They have to be sup- plemented by old age assistance payments out of.the U. S. Federal general fund on a means test basis. ' Latest estimates are that 700,000 per- son of 70,iycars and over will quality at January 1 for the 540 a month or 5480 per year each. ' That works out to 5336 million annually. ' '-'Ib that must be added another estimat- aii I year as the Federal one- -,,6D-69 year old pensions at, 540 tinder a "means test". From this Pension Payments For the first three months of 1952- lrom Jan. 1 to March 31, end of the fiscal Hamilton, Ont., it is reported. had the lbest reception so far for the Princess and the Duke. There the committee in charge concentrated on the children, with the re- sult the enthusiasm was outstanding-and rthe Royal Princes were thrilled as never before since their arrival in Canada. Cubs. iBrownies, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides all on parade in their uniforms, supported by thousands of other children rendering suit- able songs and cheering which thrilled the -Royal visitors almost to tears. O O O The" United Kingdom National Health -Service completed its first three years in July. The following figures for England and Wales record the progress made in some branches of the Service, to the dates shown: Prescriptions dispensed by pharm- aceutical service up to 31. 5. 51. (approx.l, 609,000,000. Spectacles supplied up , to 1. 4. 51 (estimated), 19,500,000. Patients who received dental treatment up to 2. 6. 51 (approx). Dentures supplied to 2. 6. 51 (estimated), 7.000.000. Approx- imately 41,200,000 (or 95 per cent) of the population have joined the lists of the 18- 19.000 general practitioners (88 per, cent of the total) in the Service, Virtually all pharmacists are working in the Service. 0 By contrast. Mr. Gladstone lod alond World War but has since been rebuilt ;',,.,m.; and g,,',,.,, ,0 me ,,,,,,i,,. in Mothi ngs come up get ,1 crap Report FEDERAL 8UIi.:DlN6 ,,,...,-In-A V rgiii. ,'Vwwv-&,-x-.1s4yUo(L&,4v--s,v--;.-- -& Old Charlottetown tAlld r. a I.) ll :5 ii 9&9 El T;-aw PRESS AC-(AJODIMODATION Journal of the Legislative As- sembly, Feb. 19, 1847: The Hon. the Speaker laid be- fore the House the following let- ter received by him from the proprietors of the different news- papers published in Charlotte- town: "To file Hon. the Speaker of the House of Assenlhly. "Tile proprietors of the Royal Gazette, the Islander. and of the Morning News-forming the whole Press of thc Colony-respectfully request that the Honorable the House of Assembly will afford them such accommodation as may be deemed necessary for a report- cr or reporters. in order that the proceedings and debates in tile House may be conveniently rc- Ihcir respective journals. Tllcy decm it quite unnecessary to make any comment upon the importance of this public duty being dis- charged. with convenience to the parties performing it, or to refer to the invariable attention sllewn to the matter in the ncigllhoring Colonies. Island. having lleretoforc always evinced nn anxious desire to ac- commodate the Press. they trust that the usual courtesy will. fills session. be cxfr.-ndcri.” (Signed James D. Haszard. John lngs, R. Moody). . Whercupon it was ordered. "that it be intimated to the dif erent printers. that suitable accommoda- tion will be provided for them." S. 74-ei.. Woe&f&ww2 IN THE HIGHLANDS in the lllghlands. in the country places. Where the old plain men have rosy tacos. And the young fair maidens Quiet eyes; Where essential silcncc thrills and blesses. I And for ever in the hill-recesses Her more lovely music Broods and dies- O to mount again where use 1 haunted; Where the old red hills are bird- enchanted. And the low green meadows Bright. with sward; And when even dies, the million. tinted. And the night has come, and plan- cts glinted, Lo, the valley hollow Lamp-bcslarr'dl 0 to dream. 0 to awake and wan- dcr There. and with delight to take - and render, , Through the trance of silence. Quiet breath! Lo! for there. among the flowers and grasses, Only the mightier movement sounds and passes; Only winds and rivers. Life and death. -iiobert Louis Stevenson. iii-Ans-1-s amass The military badge of the Brit. iah order of merit has crossed swords. but the civilian badge bears oak leaves. - oonrurrn vlsuat. narluurrion and ANALYSIS 6, F. I-IIITCI-IESON I SON Optometrists and 95 per cent 'of the dentists i 3868 -millions must be deducted 586:-sttoaltli , '-ow &-ours. Noles From Another Island By "Anson" zf-36 ii, i QQZQR LONEDN. England: The great Festival of Britain site on the southern bank of the Thames is closed now. The lights no longer shine out, up into the sky and down to the sluggish waters of ”2 river. No longer is there music spreading over the area from the loudspcakers, for there are no more visitors whose ears might. require soothing whilst their eyes absorb the wonders around them. There are, instead, only officials and workmen en- gaged in dismantling the struc- tures - those structures, that is, the fate of which has alrcadyi been decided: there are others that seem no less difficult to dis- pose of than to erect - and pack- ing up the vast number of exhi- bits. some of the latter present problems of their own. it is fairly simple to return loaned articles to their owners, who may be museums, perhaps, or commer- cial firms. Nol. quite so easy to find suitable owners. for example, ,for the live huskies that took part "Tile House of Assembly of this' in the Polar Exploration demon- strations. . But in time, no doubt. solutions will be found. and ill time. too, perhaps the controversial concert hall - ill: only building on the whole of the site con- structed with a view to perman- ency - will be all that remains as a monument to the marvels that were on show throughout the summer of 1951. with the pass- age of years it, is to he expected that other buildings will grow up around it. and eventually only its name, the Royal Festive Hall, will provide any clue at all as to how it ever came to be where it is. Here and there. of course. the Festival of Britain itself still lin- gers. The Pleasure Gardens and the Fun Fair at Battersea, for in- stance. will be open for a few more weeks yet, to the delight of young and old. But, admirable though this part of the Festival is. it doesn't seem quite the same without its rather more highbrow counterpart on the south Bank. 0 The Festival had its .ritics. even before it ever opened. Then it was said by some to be a waste of public money, time and labour. Later. having opened in spite of the moaners. it naturally didn't sulc everybody. There were criti- cisms on the score of the South Bank show being too technical in parts. But, then. to coin ll phrase based on Abraham Lin- coln's words: you cannot please all of the people all of the time. and the fact is, the Festival pleas- ed a lot of people so subtly that they probably never realized it: or if they did, they wouldn't admit a e a 0 Take the South Bank part of it. Maybe it was pretty technical 'h 5'? The Age-Old Story ' a'si -"-V's'in'p'u's's's'b'a'a'Pe0a'h'h's'f who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversa- tion his works with meekncu of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual. devilish. For where envy- lng and strife is. there is con- fusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, than peaceable, gentle. and easy to be intrcated, full of mercy and good fruits. without pal-tiailty. and without hypocrisy. in parts, but we were proud of it even if we didn't understand all of it. After all, a man whose son turns out to be a brilliant scien- tisf. doesn't have to comprehend the results of his offspring's work in order to take pride in it. In any case there is plenty that could be appreciated even without com- plete understanding. The great thing was that 't was British. and it was good for ..:. to be reminded that we are still not without tal- ent. skill and imagination. In our pride in what we saw at the Fes- tival. we were, perhaps even without openly ndmltting it. feeling pride in ourselves as a nation. And now it is over. and closing of the South Bank site was quite a sad occasion. It is missed. if only as a spectacle. and even by people who never went inside. For there were great numbers who saw it only from the other side of the river, who were quite content to stand on the embankment on the North side, - e the lean on the parapet and stare across at more artificial after- dark brilliance than ' had been seen in the country in years. it was a comfort just to see it there. and a tonic when, having seen it. you thought about it afterwards. We'll keep memory of it for some while. There'll be pictures in photograph albums. dog-esrerl catalogues and booklets kept as souvenirs, and if we have occa- sion to be down by the river we can check up from time to time on what they are doing with the old site. And. of course. if this sort of thing is in take place only once in a' hundred years we can look for- ward; without danger) of our thunder being sl-'-n in ti" mean- time. to boring our grandchildren with the story that begins: "Oh, es. 1 :.-member . . ." Wait a minute. though. Tile futuristic wonders of 1951, that we have thought so marvellous, will surely be old-fashioned by then. FAMOUS LAKE Lake Ladoga on the border he- lween Russia and Finland is the ilargest lake in Europe with an area of 7,230 square miles. ' Insurance REPLACEMENT COST. IS YOUR INSURANCE SUFFICIENT T0 COVER REPLACEMENT COST? Property of any kind insured two or. three years ago, on the basis of cost then, is not adequate today. We will be glad of an opportunity to be of service in order to make sure that you have adequate cover. (Without obligation). ilYliilMAli & on. no. 9 offices: Charlottetown - a listen H11 I luauauslda - Montana We were back in England again. where I had just about time to change into summer clothes, and head for London and the Con- tinent. Thanks to the Principal, the letters of introduction and help from the people at home, and to the officials of I.F.A P. in Paris. details of ny tour. had all been worked out. I had tickets and visas galore. a bunch of for- eign language dictionaries, a list of contacts and a pretty good gen- eral ldea of what I wanted to see. This time the crossing was flom Dover to Calais, down along the coast to the Somme, and on to Paris. The small. neat. but quite prosperous looking farms along; this section of France somehow seemed familiar. The red clay along the coast, the fields geltili: green and the trees coming into leaf erased the uneasy suspicion that the next few months might be holding some unforesen ob- stacles or difficulties. ' My friend from Oxford was waiting for me at the station in Paris; he had been there for a few weeks studying during vaca- tion, and was to,accompany me on my four of France, Belgium and up to Holland. He had had some practice with his French. especially his ear for it and could understand what. to the untrain- ed ear. was a total blank because of the speed at which most Frenchmen talk. Although nly ticket was paid for, meals and other expenses were my own, so we did not have the best hotel. but a modest and interesting place to stay. The first evening. we went to the opera. The singing was all in French, but beautiful, and the acting was superb. Of course, they do not put on a performance ill France unless it is as nearly per- feet as ,.ossibie. The one produc- tion runs so long that it is possi- ble to hire the best actors and singers. and put on nothing but the best. Thus was the reputa- tion of the French opera develop- ed. We spent three or four days in Paris, uiscussing the cooperative movement. marketing, rural cre- dit. government agricultural poli- cies and general social and econ- omic problems, with officers and officials of the consumer coopera- tive movement. the agricultural organizations. and labor leaders. We also visited the headquarters of two of the political parties and the Chamhre des Deputcs in ses- sion. We met some leaders from the City Fraternal societies to get the point: of view of the religi- ous and business groups. Walter had full evening pro- grams lined up. One was spent with a sociology student who had been teaching at the University of Chicago. and was doing a thesis at the University in Paris. An- other evening was spent with a Hungarian friend. whom we met through good connections, and who had escaped from Hungary. after his family and many rela- tives had been purged by the Comma list... He was employed by a. French newspaper and was re- snonslble for listening in to all the Russian and Eastern radio nrogrsms and to keep his paper informed of what was going on. or at least what was being broad- out. It was at the time of the Mac- Arthur fuss, and after surveying the situation from his and our point of view. the conversation settled down to just one question, that of time. Was time in favor of the Russians or is it in favor of the Weslem powers? We felt it was in favor of the Western powers. because it would give us a chance to prepare andvmeet any assault that might comelfrom the East. He felt sincerely that time was on the side of the Russians, because it gave them an oppor- tunity to overcome thelpeopies of the countries which they had re- cently exnronrisled. and to weed out any of the leaders that might oppose them if the occasion arose. He emphasized that to get rid of the older people or break their spirits. and indoctrinate the youth with the Marxist theory and communist outlook was their sys- tem. He and several others. who with similar experiences. and background told us that the great- est advantage the communist leaders had was time. , 0 o a There are some large and mod- ern hotels ill Paris. but one is in- tripued most by their continental style of setting the tables and the chairs on a lawn. or canvas- covered in-ea out front. where out in the fresh air people can eat. drink. be merry and see what is going on. There is still a lot of black-marketing in dollars. and on some streets in Paris we had to push our way arollifd several would-be financiers. There are the usual oil-cases. parks and fakirs of a big city. And some sections have still those "ladies" who operate either ori their own or in clubs and who cer- tainly do not enhance the reputa- tion of their own fair city. since the days of the French Revolu- tion there is little class distinc- tion in France. There are no titles such as Dr.. Sir. O.!.!i., etc. or dignitaries of any kind. Medical doctors are called "doctor". and I pi-lest. "rather" or "Peru" and the others are lust plain Monsieur or Madame. The French restaurants art- nearly always full. in spin of the low av income. often the whole fan is taken for a mu). It is not lust a snack either. all the trimmings and wines are in- eluded The time we merit in rural rance was fulel-satiny. although farming practice and economic .. Lessons From Europe In Community Progress By Leo P. llfnlsaac Part One (continued) (All Rights Reserved) FRENCH AMENITIES conditions vary. perhaps as mucn as in Canada. from North to South. Yet ill a general way it is possible to grasp what might ha termed as the day to day outlook and habits of the French people, Although rural French people are simple farm folk, and may not be educated very highly in the formal. some of the term, they are rcfin. ed and cultured and can conducr. themselves well in any situation. 0 O 0 on one four of the south will- a group of other visitors with sim- ilar lntcrests. to see some of (hi rural credit banks. the roopeia lives and farming conditions, Wt called on one gold farmer who ha: in large vineyard. Many in oul group had never seen wine calm, or vineyards before. There war one lldy frclll the U.S.A., who uni purticulsi-ly interested. I: was c.x- plaiued that this was an interna- tional group jL5t out. on I. tour in see how things were done in rural France. The peasant was not a hit fluslei-ed, or excited. His wir- Clinic to the door, and he called her over and introduced her. She did not bother to run for lipstick or to pat her hair, but welcomed us all with a pleasant smile. He then explained that he wa- oniy an ordinary peasant and there were much better vineyurdi in the vicinity; that he had never had distinguished visitors like this before, but was honored that we noticed his place and called to see him. He told us, with the poise of a lecturer, just what the pro- ccdure was. and how much nlmp security there was in farming tn- dsy, now that they had a well or- ganised marketing system and rural credit banks to help them finance new machinery and ache: needs. He was glad to show the grolill around his estate. and led us back to the wine cellar where we had a good taste of his product. He: had his little joke by selecting in specially good brand for the lady. When we were leaving he shook hands with each one. thanked EhP group for calling and wished us. "Eon chance ct. ban voyage." O I I Another day. after a short mm A: Orleans to look over the home town of Joan of Arc, we went in perhaps one of the best. rural en- operstive organizations in centra' France. Walter and I, armed with the name of the society. th- name of the manager and the in- surance that we would be well treated. arrived about ten thirtv in the morning. It was a long established ,ol-uanizstion. From then until one o'clock wt discussed their operations and policies and looking over the stores. bank. grain elevators. seed cleaners. fertilizer plant, garages and general repair shop, and the beautiful homes they had built and kept for their employees. The manager was quite interested be- dause he had planned to come to America within the next year or so. and was anxious to find out 2 few things, especially about our western wheat gl-owingiand mar- keting organizations. and the new flour mill at Saskatoon. At twelve thirty. we sat in in lunch at a tourist restaurant nu the bank of the Loire. We thought we had already seen some sooll French cooking. but here we were to have an en pie par excellence. The manager t it over and the ordering was just done by W- nod of his helld. He was too busv explaining to us the instory and operations of their organization. and asking questions to bother with a menu. I found out later that the nod simply meant the best in W house. And so we had it. Flrsl there was an appetizer. wine: than hers d'ouvres. broth, three differ- ent kinds of fish. including wink- ie: and salmon, chicken, and ill make a long story short, we I134 eleven different courses, five dill ferent brands of wine which sull- ed perfectly to develop an .3?- petlte for each new course, in?" neutralize the effect or ellmzmfe any feeling one may have of lzC'f ting full. They have a .l1Bi.'-1' cular wine, scientifically b.cr.:.e:l to go with each different C'WF5'- whether it be salnlon. Clllt'Kl:!E. beef steak. or other kinds of ml- food. 0 0 We talked and ate sleadzly 7” three solid hours. There was 0-; casionsliy a chalice for Waller 1' catch my eye and to cast our '0- ihose mischievous looks or Hui-If that is the dominant. rhsraclcl fl his super pnrsmiallly. Tncrc Vila-'1'! special kcennem in,ills wig-K. litm--,' afier nine courses. a pail"-1' i; steaming "french fries" cnlllcflli followed by new and hug! '-;";i blera and a new quart. n. Sllfmn lylblended wine for the "'51! course which we had lhauzllfl ll it had several times ul..'. e meal ended. at coursenlhllllk liberal chaser of that thick. and sweet French C'JlH3.C- Mi; almost made one feel like rain- more. After this "lunch" we df0V', f” in the country to see some 0 ,. farms and two old castles at-;”i are the remnants of the l3F0'l”";n, lion and landlord days. W9 "W back to the station after 2! lm pleasant and instructive vlslt "- were ready for a cup of coficf iii, fore boarding the train. 0-l ' 9 way back we realised fl-all now knew what was Hif:ilm:,- "French cuisine" and the of cooklne and estlns. (To be continued) y - nanny" caluna '-E" all There it snow. mil or foi ll”-in, am-y.da.v otctbe year on Will" i... cut and west coast: of the Ki" chatka peninsula off Siberia.