PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN lilnrnlng Dally (Founded in liiifl) Authorized an Sen-cud (Jinn Moll, Punt Offlco Department, Ottawa. The Inland (iundlan Publishing Co. Editor and Managing Director, J. B. Ilurnctt. Anoclnla Editor, Frank Wllker. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink" FHARLOTTETTHVN. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21. 1949‘ Potato Warehouses 'l'lic Dominion Government still is mak- ing no contribution to the construction of potato warehouses in this Province. This was the situation which existed a year ago when the matter was discussed in the Legis- lature. At that time hope was expressed that" a satisfactory arrangement with the Dominion Government would shortly be made. On December l0. just before tlie prorogaition of Parliament, the question was raised by Mr. Douglas on the passing of an item of $100,000 “for assistance in con- struction of potato warehouses under regu- lations to be zipproved by the (iovernor- lii-Lfciuntril." He asked what portion of this money had been spent in the last few years. and ixhcther any applications for assistance had been received from the Provinces. ,\‘_*_l'lt'lllilll‘P MlHlSICF Gardiner said that flPplltJHllOllS were being considered from New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan. lle amended this statement later, however. ‘there had been an arrangement with Prince l-jdward island under which the Dominion was to spend dollar for dollar with the Province. “The arrangement,” he said, “was that when that money was spent, the warehouse was to be available to the pro- flllCCFS of the area. The Province has been suggesting that its portion of the money be collected and repaid. We have not accept- i-d that suggestion up to the moment. We have taken the position that our donation. and the Provincial donation, ought to be dealt with in the same way, whichever way that is. We have not asked this House for the right to collect it, and, as a result, no payments have been made in Prince Edward island. No agreement has been reached." ln reply to a question from Mr. Hatfield, who maintained that all the warehouses in Prince Edward Island had been built, the Minister said: “They have been built, but DFQSUIIIEIblY they were built under directions of the Provincial Government. Up to the moment, we have considered that the Pro- vincial Government has not carried out what we, thought was the arrangement." He added that communications from New Brunswick are still in the form of re- quests for information about the plan. “No application has been received as yet." On this meagre information, the item was passed. It seems strange that none of the potato producing Provinces appear to have benefited under this Federal scheme, which has been in operation now for some years. Mr. Gardiner places the blame on the Prince Edward Island Government for not co-operating, but how does he account for the delay in New Brunswick, where po- tato warehouses are badly needed in many sections? There would appear to be a la- mentable lack of co-ordination between Fed- eral and Provincial policy-makers in this matter. Voting money year after year on terms not. acceptable to the Provinces helps to swell the agricultural estimates at Otta- wn, but it doesn't mean anything to our farmers. standardization Again Announcements of progress in standard- izing war equipment of the United States. Britain and Canada are not spectacular. The process is onc of slow and patient study, consultation and agreement and the gradual methods. tiv vantage. in the no almost equal gains to be n are g stacles to internationa where it may be used. how such costs could ous products of w of origin were buil The whole trading pi more flexible and the cost of g maintenance would be greatly reduced. Tito First Americans Geographical Journal, Dr. DouglasLeech of Canada, 1 World. ‘(am men” with wh i '1 J North America, _ n . g . adoption of common equipment, parts and 'l‘he~advantages are very great and, indeed, in case of war, might well be decisive by enabling equipment and produc- c capacity to be used to the greatest ad- n-mllitary spheres there are lflde by adopting a similar approach although the difficulties really increased by the great number ofifirms and products. One of the major ob- l marketing is the necessity of arranging thc suPPlY 0f 5P3"? parts for every product in every locality ' It is easy to see be minimized if vari- hatever firm or country t of standardized parts cture would be made oods and of in a recent issue of the Canadian man, Archaeologist of the National Museum describes the investigations which are being undertaken in the north- western part of North America to determine thcfirst men in the New cm this tific research is concerned include the i and take six or eight months," ho sold. the work so far carried out in Alaska and the Yukon seems to confirm the conclusion long held by those who have been closely associated with those people that they are of Asiatic origin. The discovery of stone implements such as knives, arrow heads and tools of various kinds, similar to those found on the Siberian side of the Behring Strait, leads to the belief that the migration was from the west, probably by way of Diomede Island, situated midway between East Cape and Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska. This movement, the scientists are reasonably certain, followed the recession of the Ice Age, somewhere about 30,000 years ago, and they are attempting to trace the movements, mainLv southward, through lands in which wild life alooundeci. Others who are known as Eskimos would appear to have chosen for some reason the far more inclement and desolate route along the shore of the Arctic. The work is still in the early stages and. owing to climatic conditions and the im- mense amount. of exploration required to find where these primitive people remained for any length of time. it. will probably take years before the picture of the migration and penetration of the American Continent is complete. EDITORIAL NUT t5 Feast of St. Thomas. The U. S. S. R. established this date 1922. I11 25 years it has risen to the posi- tion of a world power, and is so strong a combination with its Balkan satellites that it. is able to seek to defy the United Nations. O I O The “very definite drive" of Charlotte- town landlords for forms authorizing in- creased rentals reflects the relativeLv press- ing need heie for housing accommodation. It will take a lot. of new construction to bring the housing situation to a satisfactory level. In international law it is a condition of establishing a recognized blockade that it be effective. A "paper blockade" such as ap- pears likely in respect of Chinese ports is actually a form of piracy and the blockading government is liable for resulting damage to shipping. Labour Minister Mitchell has revealed that $700,000,000 or one dollar out of three of Federal expenditures last year can be classed “under the broad heading of social services." Apart from paying for defence, past, present and future, welfare seems to be ‘the principal preoccupation of Govern- ment. I I I Canadian inshore fishermen who have their gear damaged by ships steaming through or even dragging trawls through may envy their English opposite numbers who are having "air cover". The Fleet Air Arm is to patrol the fishing areas and ivarn of danger to gear and report the natiies of vessels destroying it. j I The special status of Government even when it goes into business is illustrated by the Canadian Labour Relations Board's rul- ing, that it is unable to certify the Labor- ers‘ Protective Union as the bargaining agent for work on the M. V. Eskimo. lt. should be a cardinal principle that when a branch of government goes into business. the ordinary relationships of business should apply. I 1 As already indicated, that. thc salaries of Members of Parliament be increased to $10,000 is not surprising. The type of men it is desirable to have in thc llousc could generally earn elsewhere more than that in private life and have fewer expenses. The honours and decorations which are iised to reward public service in other parts of the Commonwealth not being acceptable to Ot- tawa, we must. compete with tho qlh re- turns of private enterprise. O O O According to a despatch from Stockport. Cheshire, England, two British electrical manufacturing firms stood aside to allow Nova Scotia to place a $35,000 order with a Stockport crane maker. Mr. W. Houlds- worth, technical director of the Wharton Crane and Hoist Company, said the Nova Scotia Power Commission cabled Tuesday for a quotation on building a ISO-ton over- head electric crane with an auxiliary hoist. The delivery date given was not early enough for the Nova Scotians, said Houlds- worth, "so we hurriedly got in touch with two local customers for whom we are mak- ing cranes, and both agreed without hesita- tion that the Canadian order should take priority as it means dollars.” "We cabled Canada with our new delivery date, and we received the order,” he said. Mr. Houls- worth said he was much impressed by Cana- dian business methods. To negotiate the firm's first Canadian order required only 48 hours, and the initiative was at the Canadian 74* %efl 611m i” "IN NO TRANGE LAND" O world invisible. we view thee; O world unknowablc. the Inappreh W8 9- ensible, we clutch thee! That. miss the thing. --I<"r.1r.cis ’I‘homi:wn 11839-1907 ‘QOQWOWOKQ Old Charlottetown (Ant! r. s. u FOKTUNATE ISLANDERS "The society of Charlotte-Tow lEOf an hospitable character. an an English country town. cidecllly_ the most dignified of an place in America though this circumstance create distinctions that yet this misfortune is limited i generally seek aroiuid their ow social hearths that comfort an selves l-Elllgence do not fit them, an able them to support. “my “H? Person who is who amuse themselves at 111ml; but enough “The Present Governor Youn est of those who-are committed t lus care. Lattcrl_i' he i135 of retirement by and enjoymcnts of hours. The thc ITIOFE eleincn is. howeve storm, and many a “*5 (lCCuPlPd dllring thc after pa that were interspersed homes. last month. was 0f the‘ Columbine sloop-of-iv live rise to a prgparation b3 nado. which commenced 9° lOYIR rlofacrd Dersiirisicns of (‘liarlot-tc-Tovt '1 . . . P-lpll? loii will sec persons of p at thc Methodist (Jhapcl. "ln coiicliision, we know» of sfiioi more worthy tho attention t f‘ tile and yielding soil. a iial peace. 121.34.’) inhabitants. an since 1827. whrn it was 23,266 "Early onc-half. ' income Defence. and may look out w qu tcd S . 10. 1833 The Age-Old Story llllflmy shall bo forgiven mm; m and ho forgiven him. LIVING COSTQ OTTAWA. Dec. 20 - (or) Living costs in moot. commas creased during the first. hat! i940. but. most: adv-gnu; of living ln Canada. end. “Normally even in Britain negotiations Q. lhofll. O world intangible. we touch thee; know Docs the fish soar to hnd the ocean, The eagle P1111180 to find tn.- air- Thai we ask of the stars in motion If they have ru-mor of thee there’) Not where the wheeling systems darken And our benumbed conceiving soars- The drift of pinions. would we licrkeir. Beats nt our ovm clay-shuttered doors. The angels keep their aiicli-nt places—- ' Turn but a stone. and start a wing! ‘Tls ye. ‘ti: your eshrang-ed faces mztny-splendored the place has every appearance of lt is de- which it has been our fortune to visit. I-Iere is the seat of government; and al- might _ militate against that harmony which ought to prevail in so secluded a spot. ll-l Operation, and the inhabitants €ll]0_\‘lll€fll. which is sacrificd else- where by those who intrude them- _ into a description of so- 9191)! for which their rank and in- which their wealth does not. cri- "Fortunateily for tlicse Islanders. thc income of their governors, Q1,‘ their own private means docs not pCFlTlll of their asking indiscrimin- _ vain fillfll-llllvio thrust himself or hi5 allllly l11l° ll" colorant‘ of those _ their "mouse in their hours of retire. . of courtes is ‘lwPlflYed _te_ support thc digyniiy ‘ll a Prmlllclill government-house. Seems to be deservedly popular, and studies to promote ilhG inter. en- deavoured to beguile the tedium pleasures fcstiv have not smiled. propiiiously on the _cffort.s of himself and Lady, Then- first grand ball, which was slven during the last winter, was “Verlakell ll)’ a tremendous snow band happy hus- . or more cnamoured swain, tllfwillt‘ ‘night in digging his hap- °>>= P3111101‘ out of the snout-drifts, between Holland Grove and their respective “Another attempt. on iihe pit-fol’ scarceily morg- successful; the anticipated arrival and the result was a violent tor. . . about midnight, drove Several vesscls on _ this fair Island no longer prevails; lllf‘ people are ll\'1llS lQKPlhrr. iiniicrt and happy, 1-’l ll“? llllirrchanzc of mutual and "Clprocal offices of good will and esteem: and we must here notici- llle lllll." (‘liristiziii fer-linvs which . s- prcvail among the \"il‘lflll.< religious 'n. f l‘! pcrsuzision, inccting {Qgcithpr llic \'.’il'l(lllS places of public ’~0l‘5l1li). and lllf‘li‘ tiiinisicrs on Sulldll." PYPHiIHZ Klimt-ding service llllmigrani. nosscssing more fer. more healthful climate. a greater inter. its population is now increase A rnap of limited '11-'13’ there find abundant means of employment and com. composure on those lnmpests that now agitate a distracted world." —From‘ the Halifax Free Press, l" l-lle ROYBl Gazette, fiUOIFQUE All Inlnnel‘ of slin and by". whosoever speaketh l word against. tho Son of Man, it shall WOIP. confined to five per cent. or tau. Prom January to June, the cost, the Un- likd States. and the Ulllffid King- dom advanhea about. one per cent. In Australia it mu about five per cent in the some period and in South Africa about. three per w“. a Bureau of Statistics rqott OUT AN i . l’! -~ mo "rose rues: POST THEM // D . pa’ n ‘|'|ll ‘l ‘l-‘illllil’ / iiistiliiitlll r federal area. Now. however. it. The gasoline engine 5 A _ _ 11d tho has become evident that fiiitlie- elcctilc motor are more convent- l \ development can prucccd ni ‘a ciitand always ready it, work 1 manner worthy of ihc- fiiiiibhl ilicn advantages outwclghsd u“ capital only if tlicrc is a suitable cheapness of wind power, Qgnyem- __-_ plan. Such a plan has been prr- wit! 611d dependability w," ===- ‘“ pgred‘ embracing more than _a iVOIIlhLlIEldllfCfellCfi so when tho ‘g score of iuuiiicipalituss in Lliitaiflo old irviudmills wore out. they w“; T Jo and Quebec, alcng “Wall ()l‘.‘fl\\'1i it- létilld wlglliletiggéldelfCorniivsll Stan- ‘f self — Sherbrookc ccorc. l? ' - . _.. i‘ ' .. .- 4W1], . More than one 8MP BE" ""1 For many yearn tho ulna ilut d Notes From Another island Y l l i ti By "Anson" coupon. England -- l Many thousands of \\'01'd3 have been written about London in wartime, and many tzhoumnds oft Canadian soldiers, sailors and atr- l nicn who saw London during the second world war ivcrc suita-blyl impressed by the spectacle of ill greait city defying everitlilflfl llle enemy could put against it. They! ivere impressed e arly at Christmas-time, they would far rather have been back home with their own folks. But it was not an easy matter to appreciate the noble aspects of the city because most of IL! Si‘??? ncss consisted simply in carrYlflZ on with the job of being the cap- ital in the face of high CXIIlOSIVE.‘ firc and sudden deatih; all these were apparent enough, but thc "carrying on". the routine of daily work and normal business was less conspicuous simply because it WAS roiitine-evci-ybody kit-PW ll- would be the saml‘ l-O-mQTYOW- and thc next day. and the day Fll’ ter that. And what was more, the whole heroic affair ~ or most of it - ivas shrouded in physical gloom for blackout was the order of thc day. Or rather, the order of thc night. Whick was no fl n d d Z l) c r, doubt one of the most telling factors in thc natural desire of the (‘anucks to be hack ‘in their own home towns where electric lambs by the score dlLl their best to tum nlgltl "ill! d3)’- Hlifl Christmas hardly seemed Christmas at all without plenty of bright lights. Those v feel that much more at home in London now. at any rate, for there are bright lights aplenty to_be sccn. and the Dominioivs service- men who only know London by as a dark. rather sombre might hardly recognize the if they saw it now. managed to retain some- of the Christmas spirit even most. of ii. was in- rt ar ll. thin}! in thc war. but silore. caused tii-hcrs to founder doors, in our own homes. or in at sca, unroofcd houses. prostmitt-d air-raid shelters. (Many R iOllY trees, and ovrrset the Episcopal Christmas party was held far be- Chiirch! low ground in those days). But al- "lla-Pplly. the moral storm iuhjcii though thc spirit was there all lit. Christmas teiidrd to become rig ' p a makeshift affair, with the part? often interrupted in thc most vio- leni wayt Even after the war. when there was no longer the driiigcr of such a violent contradiction of thc spirit of goodwill. short. rations and the absence of thc bright lights played their part in hindering the gaic-ty. This year. for the firs‘. time since bc-forc the war. thc lights are on again. and London is making the most of the opportunity. The stores have their windows and froniages ablaze with decor- ated Christmas trees, moving fairy- land characters — for isn't Christ- mas the children's time of year7~ and glittering novelties of all kinds. It seems so long since we szvw- . thing like this that on: might think there never had been such a display before. And true. enough. there never has, for kids of up to eleven or twelve years old. There's a sobering thought. Some of the wai-‘s upheavals can be — and are being — forgotten. Many of the threads of life have been taken up again where they wereleft, but it's not. so easy to overlook the years that. have been taken away. There's one consola- tion, at least: it's pleasant to see things getting back to normal. step by step. and with Chrlstimas getting to be what ii. used to bc again things don't seem half so bad as they were. v- no of of ith l OI], I o o it may be the children's season right enough. but to some true- blue Englishmen Christmas is not much more than a sort of half- way mark between cricket sea- next summer has futt been is- iii- of a clergyman at that! — has been newspapers and tng gained by one beam vioualy not his. cricket's different . . ‘O O O Now, to all IControl Ari: must seem like the last ven if. pai-ticul- [lead tot 1 Gestapo, l . prepared t Canucks might , sons. The programme of games for sued. and I see that one person - prompted to write to one of the complain about what he sees no on advantage be- (ob- or he'd have kept quiet about it) over i o oth- ers. Christmas - traditional len- son of peace on earth and good- will town-do oil men‘! Ah. you, but render! of the . the legal profession w bccn generally accepted. W; BiiCk TO TllUS Dales list for nationalization. because the 599m to recall that such q deck-m, -~———— costs cf legal services and pro- actually had been handed down n an t in s were beyond the purSQ in a United States court. At any (Londo Ec omll) ceed z To many people the Chancellor ct the Exchequers announce- ment. --lt came ou-f. quite casually tn a written answer to a Parlia- mcntary questlon—that "in suit.- sble cases’ rewards will be paid to persons who give information to the authorities which leads to convictions under the Exchange straw. when Mr. Churchill, in the course of the last General Eiecticn, predicted that. the principles of Labor Socialism must inevitably he creation of ii British he was very widely dc- rlded. It couldn't happen here. If begins to look as if the country noes Mr. Churchill an apology: it is happening here. Exchange control is one of those dlipartmenta of the law for which the public may-mi‘ may not-be to concede a justification in expediency. It has no moral basis. How could io-slnce it; pro- hibits transactions which were perfectly legal only ten years ago. and are still, in most. people's minds, honest. (though illegal) to- day? Yci. this new branch of law in- terferes at countless points with the ordinary life of the ordinary citizen. It prohibits him from go- ing abroad when he wants to, it. prohibits her tlf the ordinary citi- zen is a woman» from taking her normal jewellery with her, it in- volves such absurdities as a prohi- bition on the sending cf stamp col- lections to schoolboys abroad. Q I O I l To enforce this collection of ir- irattng restrictions, the secrecy of the malls can be. and is now vio- i lated in peace time. And now there l tare to be re ards to the refon-rierl and relators; the state is deliber- ately to put a premium upon pri- vate spying and grudge-hearth". not among the criminal classes, but. throughout. the whole popula- tlon. No form of economic control ls worth this price. Away with it. As the law new stands Govern- ment. departments and even local authorities can. in practice, take virtually whatever land they re- quire, for any purpose that. seems good to them, without having to secure thc consent of any impar- tial body and without. having to pay compensation that is satisfac- tory to the dispossessed owner. But if n private owner wants to do iuivtlimg with his land. he has to submit to an almost endless arrayl i nf controls and charges, all of ‘them arbitrarily determined. some ‘of them without. appeal and even ythe rest permlttlnz appeal only from one set of officials with a personal vested interest. in the i l set. of officials with the same vest;- cd interest, TWO Willis Mo. thc Liberal Party introduced into the House of Imds a Preservation of tie Rights o! the Subject. Bil, it should be re- vived, and those who have o. con- cern for liberty should refuse to vote at the coming General Elec- tlo for any candidate who will no pledge himself to support it. O O O I Absolute liberty is unattain- able and, in this twentieth century, the state must have more powers over the persons and property of its citizens than the nineteenth would have permitted. But. if we cannot go back to Magus Corn, we can at: least. i-e-sasert some of the essential principles. Onei of these is that. if the low creates of- fences thiit, are not generally re- garded no offences ggglmi, mqfg]. thy, it; does so at tin ovm peril. A second is that any law that can only be enforced by methods that are repusoni. to the basic liberties is a bad law. A third ta that the meta of gov- ernment aro not tpso tum m be. deemed to be in the public inter. est; on the contrary. an officer of the government is more suspect. than a private min of having de- signs upon liberty, that no man. even if he be a town planner, might o be fudqe in his own cue. We are for (one in a peculiarly vicious fonn of ‘droii. ndm nstrotlf‘, and ii. is um; to rebel o inst to. ALTON. Hampshire, England - (CP) — A fox raiding the poultry- houa of a form near here killed i7 ch ckens. "Guardian", from England - A Merry Christmas. and Hoppincu and Prosperity ihroulhout i060. London, Paris and Berlin, have grown ton. Canberra the growth of largely. though hazard, arising it is a municipality as well a5 British Governmrn of the humble!" claue has been headed off at “on; btween the Law the ment. free to all. bi gross year. the bank is not on cipate. There ls also a P0 ors‘ pcrsc offence is assig fend him. That also Srratifc-rd Beacon-Herald. I day: landing, was accustomed tn judge his height by the apparent. size of the furrows in a plowed field ad- Town Plannlnzs Acts to another - A fourth is I DECEMBER 21, 1949 is — Notes By The Way ~ i _ c The windmill. in its North American manifestation. i: no thing of beauty. A bare, square. steel skeleton carries a galvanized tron wheel, and a rod works up and down to pump water. in the usual form of this machine. jacent to the ‘llndi ' " a~ time the systemuwol-tlllea. V?!” W11- But one day. Coming i, ,, this time quite confidently h, found himself to his completam ' stcrnation far over-shooting i;- l landing fields and piling up hunt dreds of Yards beyond it. pm lllllalfily. he himself 3mm. from the wreckage completel ‘ed dam-‘lged except in the maitlapugi his self-esteem, but also ample‘ ly confounded by the breakdo c‘ of his trusted sfilu“ 0' Kaukllh liis height. The mystery w“ 50R! ed, lioivrvcr,~when he cxaminfl; ‘lllS fl‘l(“l’il.l1l_V plowed field. Si,“ she'd last uscd it for a successmi landing, it had been harrovzed _ Sault Ste. Marie Star. ' The Archbishop of York. who visited New York not long back, has been regaling London friends‘ and fellow-ecclesiasiics with an account of an early-morning visit he paid a Childs Restaurant. where. he recounts, his waitress, after casting an interesting glance l at his royal-purple dickcy, saki “Good moOning‘. And what will Robin Redbrcast have for break- fast?" -—— 'l‘hc Ncw Yorker. World such as Old capitals, A windmill in full work! lls on its way to DECOIGXnQfiOmQ fight, although there are plgnw of the abandoned towers scattered l windmill still is ;_ naturally. but New such as Washing- aiid New Delhi, have all been planned. Thus far Ottawa has been not wholly. hap- from the fact. that a up World capitals, ' around. The reasonably convenient way to m power for pinnping water, but other sources of power have grad, ually replaced it, t indicated that a do; is entitled to one bite lm as on the s. That step ter negotia- Society and Attgmqv-Gencralls Depart- Lrgzil services will not be it only to those whose income L! belniv $2§i00 a Anyone who has $1.500 ln titled to partl- or prison- cnactmient. under which a n charged with a (triininal ned counsel to dc- stands. rate, the idea seemed to be that a dog should not be regarded n vicious until it had bitten moro than one person. We think tho adage is sheer nonsense. and w» are glad to earn that our View! on tzhe subject have been cor;- firmcd by l verdict of tho On- tario Court of Appeal. Three sons, all. named as owners of _| dog which had bitten n girl. ag- pealcd against a judgment order- ing them to pay $1.000 hospital ex- pcnses and general damages. Tho appeal was dismissed, and tl-io court, ruled. ti!!! if was BM $0 bite itself that. counted, 16Gb! that "all that is necessary is m ll'l'(‘$lS_l.lblE inference of tthc 50f‘ vicious propensity" to bit-l-fll- "' Kingston Whig-Standard. ' A student Pilot of World War when coming in for a Choose for “iilM" H Pill °l rich Capesliin leather iiloves. Warmly lined with soil fine fur robustly constructed for longer WEBI‘. ‘i Give Fur-Lined Giovcs-Ho Likes Th0" 41- Cnpo Gloves Lined $2.15 Goatskiu Gloves Decrskin Gloves D kl emndijstiiched $6.00 Lined Pigtex Gloves 95 Canada's Finest Gloves- PERRIN — ACME — UNIQUE Mllllt J