c __%>i‘rAcs round _ T "T HE GUARDIAN Q flornlu Dally fl‘ Isidod 'I II!) Iiulim-Iuil an he-uni! CI I Ilnll. Poll ONIM Ilrnnvtn , “awn. ' Thu lnlnml liiiur-llaii Publishing Co. liilllur and hlnmuglng Dlrntnr, .l.,I¢ Hui-ncfl. ' Aauuu-Into lldltm-_ lfrnnh Wnllior. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink" ra.at'Ffiri6 xhcu ’2‘.‘i.;...' The Public Accounts The Public Accounts for the year end- lng March 31 last, "tabled in the Legislature on Monday, show that while we have had a large surplus on ordinary accouni—indicat- ing that for the most part the various departments have kept well within their estimatcs—tlie overall picture is as disquiet- ing as ever. How to continue spending more than seven million dollars a year with less than six million dollars in our purse is equivalent to the problem confionting the man who tried to lift himself by his own boot-straps. In public health and welfare, which cost $1,733,023 against an estimated $1,- 689,862, it is generally conceded that ex- pansion, owing to participation in Federal grants and other services, was practically compulsory. Grants to institutions totalled $313,112 against an estimated $291,050, while extra mural treatment of tuberculosis was increased to $36,171, more than $6,000 above the estimate. Where expenses could be curtailed, as at Falconwood Hospital, the operating cost was $259,798 against an esti- mated $305.000. . On education, the estimate was $813,550, the expenditure $743,280. The Justice De- partment spent $102,796 against its $141,- 725 estimate, while on Agriculture, for which $179,864 was budgeted, the expend- iture was only $160,128. Highways, bridges and ferries were also kept well within the budget, $741,422 being spent against the $821,545 provided for. Legislation showed an over-expenditure of some $7,000, but the biggest excess, apart from health and wel- fare, was in general government, where the amount spent was $324,048 against $203,245 estimated. $10,497 of this over-expenditure was incurred on miscellaneous grants. The Accounts show a net profit of $550,- .'l19 in liquor revenue and a substantial in- crease in the Federal payments based ‘on gross national production. Our increasing dependence on Dominion disbursements is ' shown by the total of $3.229.433 1‘e¢9iV°d from Ottawa, as against $1,420,306 from Provincial tax sources. To make the pic- ture complete, one would require the huge gmounts paid into the Federal treasury by this Province. including the sums collected’ through sales taxes and other concealed sources. Provincial and Federal financing are now so interlocked that it is difficult to separate them. The fact which stands out is that this Province is going behind to the tune Of nearly a million dollars annua1ly,_.and that conditions are likely to get worse Instead of better until we get a readlllstment f"°m Ottawa on an equitable basis. llocniiig Their Financial Skirts clear All membeis of the Menzies Australian Cabinet who hold directorships in commer- cial companies are resigning them. The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies. Suggest- ed this to avoid even “the appearance of evil." Ministers readily fell in with the suggestion. Australian action parallels the practice prevailing in Canada since 1935. There is no law or regulation in either case. The Prime Minister gives the guidance. In 1935 Mr. Mackenzie King, on returning to the Prime Ministership, laid it down that members of the Cabinet should resign di- rectorships in companies. The same rule has been followed by Mr. St. Laurent. About 20 years ago an Australian Postmaster-Gem eral retained, on his appointment, a director- ship in a company which later did, directly or indirectly, business with the Post-Office. This gave occasion to political enemies to blaspheme, though it did not appear that the Minister favoured the company by any of- flclslaction. In Australia, as in Canada, the standard of political and of Civil Service integrity is high. Nepctism and influence in the Service, once not frightfully uncommon, have largely gone with the wind. EDITORIAL N0.II=.s, The traditionally windy month of March it with us again. Federal and Provincial capitals should have storm warnings hoisted. C C I V _ According-‘to The Canadian Press there appears to be usmany dogs in Newfound- land as there used ward_’.lrla'nd. be mice in_ Prince Ed- to be edited to be made suitable to the medium of print. 0 The Railways have gained a rates in- crease of» from 8 to 16 per cent as the result of their appeal to the Transport Commission. This will be disappointing news to traders, and means a gross increase in revenue to the railways of some $28,000,000 per annum. Welcome to the P. E. I. Potato Growers. Association, perhaps meeting for the last time before reorganization. it has played an outstanding part in developing our lead- ing industry, and deserves the best thought and effort 0 all to continue at maximum usefulness. I "772? T0-DAY J: Alone To-day stands in the sun. Why dream they who that race \ must run? Between twp precipice: sleep To-day arises from the deep. Amwairc the deep abyss of night It attetolies like is rlwbon bright. Between the davwn and dusk it lies. Apex of two etemltles. ‘lb-moi-row dim and Yestenlay Arc lost within that twilight grey. “There is no competitive necessity for the railways to reduce certain rates in the Maritimes to conform with Central Canadian rates." So runs the cynical argument of C.- P. R. vice-president Jefferson. That be- lng the railway reasoning, the only salvation for the Maritimes is to provide the com- petition. O O C. C. F. member W. Ross Thatcher's bill to abolish the death penalty is eminently sensible if the sole object of,the law is to re- form criminals. As we continue to use its terrors as a warning to others. the death penalty as the supreme deterrent would seem to be too valuable to discard. C O U The tabling of Public Accounts thus early in the Legislature indicates if is the Gov- ernment's intention to push’ ahead with the business of the House with as little delay as possible. In fact, the Budget debate may follow closely on the debate on the address. So the Government has definitely decid- ed to abandon further prosecution in the Waterworth fishermen’s loan prosecution, which means, of course, that the money al- legedly illegally borrowed goes unaccounted‘ for, and nobody held responsible. A serious reflection surely on a Government and a Legislature whose first duty is to protect public finances from inroads. I O I . The Supreme Court of Canada decision on rent: controls implies at least two things. Ottawa has power to enact legislation deal- ing with matters that are ordinarily Pro- vincial in time of national emergencies aris- ing out of war. Secondly, the state of hous- ing, particularly rental housing, constitutes such a national emergency at the present time. The decision means that rent controls will remain as Federal regulations until dis- continued by Ottawa 0r constitutionally handed over to_the Provinces. What are called "draggers" here are known, as “trawlers” in the Old Country. There’ is no question whatever but that the big trawl net is more productive and econ- omical in handling the treasures of the sea. But it requires ,capital to acquire and op- erate them. If fishermen desire to embark on such an enterprise they will have either to encourage capitalists to raise the money for them, or form co-pperative companies to look after and protect their interests. ‘ O O 0 It gives one a fine feeling to realize that in these strenuous times the Provincial Gov- ernment should be able to finish its past fi- nancial year with almost $709,000 of a sur- plus on ordinary account—that is in current account. Of course it is another story when studying capital expenditure which shows an increase of liabilities bordering on nearly a million dollars. It is the characteristic of a spendthrift—“here is so much in cash, charge up the balance to my account to be paid later—with accumulated interest.” Maritiiners ‘are clannish when separated from these Provinces and those who have settled in the West are notably so. We have received a letter from the Maritime Provin- ces Association of Edmonton, Alberta, en- closing a flstfui of clippings dealing with the Association’s Twentieth Annual Banquet which was clearly an outstanding affair. Also enclosed was the elaborate menu with a highway, map of the Island on the back complete with an arrow indicating Summer- side as the Home of the Muttarts. Folded in the menu was Vol. 1, No. 1 of the eight page ‘The Spud’ Island Gazette", an attrac- tively got up little paper containing thumb nail sketches of Maritimes businesses. 0 0 John Wesley, English religious leader and founder of°Wesleyan Methodlsm, born this date 1703: ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1725; became ameni- bér of s i-eligtouinoctety known an Oxford Methodists. In 1738 he passed through a great spiritual experience, tlimoutcome of which was the organization of a church sep- arate from the Anglican-Gommimlon; be- gan the establishment of local societies or ‘ chapels; was excluded from Anglican pul- ptu, ‘and proceeded to ordain clergy. and Only a. slender psatih of light Between the double laws of night. While the full glory of the sun Proolalms To-day the only one. —Everest Lewln. $>O0{>0 Old Charlottetown (And I’. E. I.) STEAM SAW MILL "We were present, amongst sev- eral other Vl8il0l‘5. on baturdiiy last, at the commencement. of operations of the new Steam Saw Mill, recently erected by Messrs. Rider and itoper at the eastern extremity of water Street. Every person present expressed admira- tion at the ease as well as the velocity with which the saws did their work, making about 140 strokes a minute, and turning out heavy scantling as fast. as four lisnds could take the sawed sticks away “The mill is admirably situated and constructed to receive timber, there being a long gangway, with rollers, leading to the water, over which timber of any size can be drawn into the mill by a stout chain cable, with ii few strokes of the engine. Rafts of timber and scantling may be deposited alongside of the mill, and a great amount of expense for trucking and labour will be thereby saved. it is the intention of the owners to erect an immense circular saw in connection with it. as soon as circumstances enable them to do- so. There is no doubt that the mill will find abundance of steady employment, and be of great im- portance to shipbullders, fram- ers. ioiners, &c. "We trust our readers will ex- cuse our stating. that the first work done at the new mill'was the cutting of scant.-ling for the frame of a three story building. intended as a Printing Office for The Examiner. May this com- mencement prove an auspicious cne.f' —'I‘hc Examiner, July 13. 1857. Hard To Unscramble (Ottawa Journal) From Britain's election. from the issues upon which it was fought, one clear fact emerges. It is the difficulty of unscrambling the “welfare state." Social security, as Socialist mu- sure: are now called. creates ap- petites. No matter what satisfac- tion of there appetites may mean in external consequences—menn to such thing: as a country‘: trade. to its financial struct.ure—tho ap- petites persist. with the result that no political party, if it wants to survive, dares challenge them com- pletely. Bi-itAln'| Conservatives did not so date. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in 1930 would gladly have underwrit- ten Mr. Churchill’; platform of l950—the accomplished fact of m a n y Industries nationalized, health benefits, many other things. all of them more or less Socialist. As it turned out, Mr. Churchill and his Conservatives might well have gone farther in their chal- lenge to the welfare state, might have fought. more successfully If they had known the thing they must know now. But ‘Mr. Churchill and his puny did (10! know: they had to reason that people who be- come used to state benefits do not yield them lightly. They believed that the British masses. in many way: better off than before (no one denied that, as it. appeared on the surface and temporarily at any rate) and perhaps unconcern- ed with the external factors. of trade and International finance. \vould not’ care grcntly if the pound had to be devalued. or If Britain‘: exports were falling. or if there were threat of inflation. and so on. Accordingly. they shad- ed their own principles: presented the free enterprise cure watered down. -_ A tribute It is to the British people that, notwithstanding all the seeming benefits Mr. Attics was showering upon them. they apparently understood that all was not well. that there were thlnn more fundamental than a "social security" whose fountlntlonn might: be shaky. For while Labor won ii majority of seat: in the House of Commons. the f ct remains that. as the popular to shows, more Bi-Itnm marked their ballots :gal?tst all-out social security than or Ncvei-theleu-thls is what In no oi-gulng—ths -Ioclal locuril! laws and the natlohcllilllml laws remain on at-min’; mam boob» wlll mmln for 1 ion! time. no matter what party holds offici- The Socialist ndvancq ls I!)|09‘N¢= there Is in yet no rftfllll. AM because retreat mull mllll 4910' cctlom of the gravest. chaise!!!- something no Government of mm .us in general will have to give the and on Britain's statute books t.lIO7' ' The" Use Of Leisure (By P. A.Ci. McKay iii The Gazette) The present trend towards shon- er working hours and longer week- ends brings In its train is comple- mentary problem: how to use the increased leisure hours. Many people will deny that such ii. problem exists at all: They wzil any that they can always ftud something to do with their_ spare time — whether that something consls in going to a movie or via- iting friends or Just lasing around the house. But. such people are not solving the problem merely side-tracking it. When we c'omlder.thst the nor- miil man who works a 40-hour week has, after deducting time for sleep, nearly twice as much leisure time as he has working hours. we have every cause to ponder whether we are making the best use of our ‘free' time. In an earlier and ‘slower’ age. when men a women had to evolve their own cans of amusement, and when the hours in which they could do so were less than those we have, there was an art. in leisure. Nowadays, while we have more time st‘. our disposal than they. we have lost the art of using it fully. We are generally more dependent. on organized forms of entertain- ment: such as movies and sports spectacles. When we have exhaust- ed these. we are prone to spend our remainlng leisure in is sort. of men- tal vacuum. Few of us would be dishonest encough to deny. at least to ourselves, that this Is so. Now,- there is an insidious dan- ger in this. our very act: of being or existing depends oxfactivtty. It is energy in one or other of‘tt.s various forms which keeps our bodies alive and our minds alert. Energy. that is, and its eicpendihirc also. And the expenditure of en- ergy Is no less Important in the preservation of life. For proof of this we need only remind ourselves of‘ the well-known fact: that is mnn' who retires from work seldom lives for very long afterwards unless he interests himself in some form of activity which demands a certain amount of effort from him. Historians have advanced many ‘explanations to account for the fall of the Roman Empire. It is certain that one of the main cause: is to be found in the abuse of the plentiful leisure which the later Romans allowed‘ themselves, It would not be too difficult. to draw a presentdsy parallel. Unfortunately, human nature being as it. is. most. of us are well‘ content to carry on as we are. We blithely continue to waste — or at least to render more or less un- profitable —— over one-third of our lives. we keep up our insatiable demands for an eve:--shorter york- lnc week in order to hive yet more time to ourselves. although we have not learned to turn to our overall advantage the time we already have. It. is foolish to say that our leis- ure is our own and that therefore we can waste it or not as we see fit. We might just: as well say that our hand is our own and so we can cut it off If we wish _ that would probably do us less eventual harm. The time is fast. approaching when social agencies and all of supposedly problem of leisure e very care- ful attention. It cs affect every aspect of our way of life. ACTOWS WIFE PAYS FINE LOS ANGELES. March I-(AP) - Jenn Wallace, former wife of actor Franchot Tone. yesterday — they are - «MK: QDQDCDD E The Age-illil st... _. 13817. in all their nffllctlun lie was afflicted. and the ,ln1,'cl of His presence saved them, In His love and In His pity lie’:-odeomed tlioin. and carried tlwin all the days of old. . Our Shrinking Dollar (Hamilton Spectator) Canada’: Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent made ii cool and re- vcsllng survey of the nation's economy In the Commons Monday. and at t.he_ssme time gave a good clue to what. has happened to the buying power of our dollar. And a lot has happened to it! Farm Income. since 1939. he pointed out, had tripled, while farm debt had dlmlnished_ Labour income had trebied. The total value of all goods and services also had tripled. Our foreign trade had quadrupled. “Production and with it indivi- dual consumption." the Prime Minister added, "has increased 50 per cent per person In term: of goods and services since 1939. . . . The increase has been a balanced and healthy increase." These figures are of course broad and unqualified: they might be quite deceptive. The important fact revealed by Mr. St. Laurent is that even with a far larger labor force, with technological im- provements, and our war-expanded industrial plant, the increase in consumption and production has been only a fraction of the in- cresse in our national money In- come. True, the income of Cana- dian "labour" in 1949 was around $8.000.000.000, compared to $2.500.- 000.000, but this is hardly reflected in the individual worker having three times the food, clothing, and services today that he had in 1939. Nor would the average farmer,,we imagine, react with ii whoop of joy to news that “farm" income had trebled. while farm debt, had been substantially cut. The degree of which individual production and consumption of floods and services have fallen short of the increase in money in- come generally is the measure of inflation, not of prosperity. Can- ada certainly has no cause to feel gloomy. but It would be disastrous to overlook the fearful maladjust- ment: of this process. There are no averages, only trends. The huge increase in our gross national pro- duction in money terms (for more impressive in poverty - ridden China) is no cause for rejoicing. It is a warning signal. ALL EVEN DRIYDMN’. Ont. — (om) — John Psndvsil and George Ttruler met twice a wok during 1949 and played live guinea of each meet!-ng csohhadzlovlcwriesoutofdoo guncsployed._ Y0lJ'l'E'UL CIIMI M’ON'I'R.llAL - (UP) —— Crhne is on tthc ‘ in ‘ ..1. with a total of 11.610 criminal oflfences ed for 1949 compared with 9.71 t.l'is‘year befoie. 3. report by the criminal courts shows. The ‘survey reports two-tahlids of 1949 crimes were ocvmmittcd by youtfha between 18 mndalyeacsofagc. l A -. I l ‘ Notes B In view oftlu number of people who resin to be, worried about when the first half of ihc,'!‘wen- tioth Century ends it might be presumptuous in is that few Canadians will be 1 eitly inter- ested in the decision to raise the status of envoys exchanged be- tween Ciinnda Ind the zepubllcs of Ireland and lndis from that of ‘high commissioner to ambassador. But un oubiedly we have more pressing pmblems. However. it seems that if we are to make a change of this sort with regard to a republic remaining inside the Commonwealth. and another which is half in and half out, we might. 50 whole box and call envoys to all Commonwealth lands am- bassadors.-London Free Press. " chief Juuoe nrowuior iiegim. says he has seen it sci monster off the West Coast. His pro- ncuncement adds impressive evid- ence to ihIt_slreiidy gathered con- cerning sea monsters.‘ for a Chief Justice enjoys a high reputation for truth. respectability and ac- cursto testimony. Chief Justice Brown says his wife and daugh- ter also saw the beast - and thus the actuality of British Col- umbia's "Caddy" is more firmly established than ever. So many accounts by reputable observers in many parts of the world are on record that naturalists no long- er scoff at. the idea of sea mon- sters ss assuredly as they once did.—-Halifax Chronicle-Herald. lion. 1... 3. Pearson wlieticd more curiosity than he sllayed by his first press cbnfei-ence follow- ing his return from the Common- wealth Conference in Colombo. His hint that the conference lisd devoted much of its time to dis- cussing whiit should be done to prevent the Red tide sweeping all acmss Asia makes Canadians won- der just what is to be done. They don't need to be told of the ex- -tent of the menace. That. is self- evidcnt. Mr. Peri-son didn't even say what he intended to propose regsrding the recognition of the Communist regime in Chins. al- though he said his mind was ‘made up. There can be no doubt that All: is "on the match". is Mr. Pearson suggests. The question is when Asia is marching. —- Lon- don Free Press. Slant. despite the upnlud cyc- brows of ultra-purists. can be striking and colorful. But there is good slang and bad slang, slang that is spontaneous‘ or imaginative, and slang that is lnitativo and dull. When it is apt and fresh it. adds savor to language; when it is forced and uninspired it is pret- ty poor stuff. It is typical of Can- ‘I . ;uiAaca5:-«as: 19.; Y{TF"= Wax -I curlcijflmunlflcont abomg known as "Mauls." That is most automatic. And it is .,g_ similarly. the destroyer 3:, u,,_ rent was more often called Rand", And when U. 5. sailor. dill) U18 lillllclhlp Ml-our] -:33‘ No" that has an authentic "Ive: 5|“ ' NW5 dfilllllcb concerning‘ the Canadian cruiser Ontario 11. fen to that ship as ‘The Big o. The effect is as flat as pea-wuu: on a dock'- plate. — llnllfu Chronicle-Herald. ' in the vernacular. "; um. drip" has come to mun g 9.1., son of no consequence. an in. divldunl whose opinion is worth. less, a tiresome chap who wear. away patience with nlgglin; comment and action as drop; water wear away a stone. In fact "a little drip" is someone with whom the average‘ man wishes to have nothing whatever to do_ That is how our language 11.. 5,. come debssed. But as Victorians listened to the “little drips" um started the other night. and con. tinued during the week-end, mg, were hearing music sweet to their cars. This was the sign or 3,. break-up of the hard hold Win- ter had clamped on them for 1,. many weeks. It was the softly spoken assurance of relief from the pain of cold and the anxiety of the fuel bin problem. The song of birds could scarcely have held more melody. Let's have no mom of this depreciation of our 1... guiige. Little drips, m lav. -em, Vlctrotn Times. The British Ministry of you has contributed something to 9,. galety‘of the scene by 1 rec; objection it registered to u. the term “Bristol Milk" is 1 labia for a variety of Jhcrry. 1... dignant and fscelloui writers dig not hesitate to call to the alien. tion of the ministry the fact that sherry under the name of “Bristol Milk" has been shipped to ma distributed from Bristol for may. than 300 years. Pepys bu . no“ in his diary of I visit. to Bristol in 1668 who he had strawberries and a VEISSOB paltry "and plum of bi-ave wine and. abow gu. Bristol Milk." It even has I pus- inz reference in Macaulay’: "Hip- tory of England" as "1 rich bever- age made of the beat Spanish wine and celebrated in Bristol Milk." But the incident end: happily. and another kitlsli in- stitution carries on. —- Otuw. Journal. or miss ORIGIN lia.ndI’ba.li was out crictndad I adian sailors that the aircraft the Irish in about the 10th orutb century. ‘ PROFESSIONAL CARDS M Great Goons strut Chrloklm-I l Gouda! 8: Hazard . llu-i-Intern. Solicitors. Nob:-ten. Etc Oannillnn Bank of Com inir ‘Bldg M0!!! 170 LOAN i1fl.Bl:B'l‘ A. GAUDET. B.I\.. LLB Ouwllnii Inn]: of (laminar: - Bldg. For Foot Allainontl J. A. Mcfiuigcn NOTARY. ETO. -. / iiiias iron. sosuxm and sioimn srnmcuiu. uroxn l . . Dr. A. L. 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