h PAGE FOUR . ,.. THE; GUARDIAN -Authorised as Second clm Mall Page Office Department. Ottawa. rhe Island Guardian Publishing (To. n sldont and Associate Editor, Inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker. CIRCULATION "(lovers Prince Edward Island like the dew” "The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". FCHARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY. DEC. 23. 1952 Level . crossing Mehaca Transport Minister Chevrier has inform- ed the House of Commons that a study has been made by the Government of the ques- tion of further protection at level cross- ings, and he expressed the hope that before long he would have something concrete to place before Parliament on this important subject. As federal taxpayers. notes the Ot- tawa Citizen, the people of Canada put up Si1,000,000 a year for the protection and elimination of railway level crossings. As municipal taxpayers, they pay out further sums, depending on what specific projects are afoot. As customers of the railways, they contribute indirectly still further sums. Yet it is obvious from the appalling acci- dent record at these death traps that they must be prepared to pay a great deal more. Road traffic is increasing, and many thou- sands of rail--crossings still remain wholly H unprotected-meaning there al'e no gates, it or flashing lights, or other devices. It is fanciful to expect a complete re- moval of this hazard in the foreseeable fu- ture, for there are more than 32,000 level crossings in Canada, and barely 10 per cent of these are guarded by any protective de- vice. What is possible, however, is a more determined attack on the worst danger spots. In thickly populated areas, grade separation by means of subways or over- passes is the logical approach to the prob- lem. But this method is extremely ex- pensive, and in many cases the municipal- ities that stand to benefit have difficulty in finding their share of the cost. The Transport Minister did not say whether he has in mind simply increasing the size of the Grade Crossing Fund. This would be a progressive step, but it would not solve the problem of a municipality that cannot afford to enter the scheme as the present law requires. As matters stand, the Federal Government pays up to 40 per cent of the cost of a project approved by the Board of Transport Commissioners, and the rest is shared by the municipality and the railway company concerned. - Coupled with any improved plans cope in a physical way with the level cross- ing problem, concludes The Citizen, a cam- paign to promote safer driving habits is clearly required. Less has been done in either direction in Canada than in the Uni- sis about ten million dollars, to , I 1720, when the, product was first burned for its ash content of soda and potash. It was known as ”kelp" and was used in the manufacture ofisoap and glass, until large- ly displaced in 1840 by a process of making soda from common salt. ii-lowever, the presence of iodine in relatively high con- centration in seaweeds and the discovery of its medical importance combined to re- vive the industry as a commercial source for this element-. This continued until about 1874 when a cheaper source of iodine was obtained. ' - Organic extractives which have special properties revived interest in the seaweed industry in the twentieth century. The pro- duction of agar was a Japanese monopoly until about 1939. Several species of red seaweed in different parts of the world serve as sources for this manufacture. It is used as a gelling agent in the food in- dustry, in the pharmaceutical trade and in bacteriology. Japan produces about six mil- lion poundsgof agar annually, and retails it at about 355 a pound. About 70 different species of seaweed are used in Japan for food and other purposes. The total value of the annual crop of seaweeds in the U. S. in Scotland about three million and in Japan more than six million. Tax Relief A little relief and a good deal more equity in th( impact of income tax is ask- ed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in a brief submitted by its executive coun- cil to Finance Minister Abbott and Revenue Minister McCann. The relief, in particular, is the proposal that government increase medical expense deductions by applying the floor of 4 per cent to the income after personal deductions, rather than to the total income. This would give general relief, although a reduction in percentage would accomplish the same thing and mean the same to those with or without dependents. The brief also urges: Equality of tax- ation of all business enterprises regardless of ownership; complete elimination of dou- ble taxation of corporate earnings; tax al- lowances for those who make their own provision for retirement in the same meas- ure as for contributions to approved pension plans; and also that the stated intention to avoid levies on capital gains be given ef- fect in all cases. ; There is much to be said for these pro- posals from the point of view of setting up a consistent tax structure. As long, how- ever, as taxation is used as a means of promoting social policy appeals for uniform- ity will necessarily fall on deaf ears. In the case of double taxation of corporate earnings the logical argument is unanswer- able but it is highly unlikely that any gov- ernment will give up a lucrative source of it THE . GUARDIAg.;gHARLoT'rETowN ,. - The Two. Sides Of It GREETINGS Ago Ali mu! J V5 PUBLIC FORUM This column I! open to the dlscuulon by wlrolpondento of question: of tereotz.-The Hemp on more wood!-the wind is From "Murlnion": by air Walter Scott Christmas in the Olden Time A Bore than upon its massive board Guardian does not noceuan ' chi Ily endo the opinion of But let it whistle as it will, rrenpondenu. Wvllukeep our Christmas merry at Each ago has deemed the newborn year s The ntteet: time for festnl cheer, Even, heathen yet. the savage Danc At Iol more deep the mend did drain, High on the beach his galley: drew, And feasted all his pirate crew; Then in his low and pine-built hall, Where shields and axes decked the wall, They gorgcd upon the half-dressed steer; Caroused in sea: of sable beer: while round. in brutal Jest, were "CHRISTMAS JOY" Sir.4The universal joy of Christmas is certainly wonderful. We ring the bells when princes are born. or toll a mournful llirge when great men pass away. Nations have their Red Letter Days, their carnivals and festivals. but once in the year, and only once. the whole world stands still to celebrate the Advent of Life. Only the Divine Babe of Nazar- eth claim: world wide, undying remembrance. You cannot cut Christmas out of the calendar, nor out of the heart of the world. Because of our belief in the div- lnlty of Him who was born so long ago. under such strange cir- cumstances as the Gospel nur- rates, the feast of Christmas re- mains in a category all of its own; no matter how sorrow and trouble may becloud our lives and depress our spirits; no mat- ter how loudly the guns of war may roar or the sound of march- in: feet may re-echo along the highways of battle: so long as thrown The half-gnawed rib and marrow- ne. Or listened all, in grim delight. While Scolds yelled out. the ioyd of fight. Then forth in frenzy would they hie, , while wildly-loose their red locks fly; And, Ixdanclng round the blazing D16. They make such barbarous mirth while As best. might to the mind recall The boisterous Joys of Odlnis hall. revenue such as that provided by taxing ted States. In the U. S., the level crossing accident. curve has begun to dip down at last. Here it is still climbing. Seaweed. chemicals ... 4 . Further development of the Irish moss industry would benefit this Province ma- .terially. and it is to be hoped that this will result from the recent opening of a Mari- time Regional Laboratory at Halifax by the National Research Council. One of the conditions of seaweed growth and chemical tasks of the new laboratory will be to study companies as well as their shareholders, particularly as companies do not exercise the franchise. T . These things have a way of balancing themselves out. If the proposals are ac- cepted the public and employees will find means of sharing in the relief enjoyed by the companies as'they will also share in the increased taxes necessary to make up the loss of revenue. . y EDITORIAL NOTES Christmas Eve and Old Year Day will the light of Christian faith and -love for God glows steadily "amid ithe encircling gloom". nothing .can rob Christmas of its power ltn assuage the hidden miseries of ithc human heart. I am. Sir. ctr. P. A. ARSENAULT Teacher. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had rolled And brought blithc Christmas back again With all its hospitable train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night; -Tignuh Sham REA. On Christmas eve the bells were rung; . on Christmas eve the mesa win sung; That only night, ln.all the year. saw the stated priest the chalice rear. The darnlel donned her klrtlc sheen; The hell was dressed with holly men: Forth to the wood did merrymeii I0. To gather in the mistletoe. Old Charlottetown 1 IAndP.l.l.I NEWS OF YESTERDAY i From The Daily Examiner, April 29, 1881: "Mr. J. M. MncLeod is now fit- Then opened wide the buon's hall No insrk to part. the-squire from 0rd. Then was brought in the lusty brawn. T By old blue-coated serving-man; Then thcvgrlm boar'e-heed frown- ed on high Crested with boys and rosemary. Well can the green-gurbed ranger ratell 1-low, when. and where the mon- fell, Whutt. dogs before his deeth he ore, And all the batting of the boar. The waseail round, in good brown -bowls. Garnlshed with ribbons, blithely trowls. There ,the huge sirloin reeked; h rd b I I Y Plum-porridge stood and Christ- mas e; Nor failed old Scotland to produce. At. such high-tide, her savory goose. Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithe- some din; - T If unmelodlous was the song, It was a. hearty note, and strong. who lists may in their humming see- Trooes of ancient mystery; White skirts supplied the mac- querade, And smuttcd cheeks the made; But.- oh! what. maskera richly dlght ' can boast. of bosoms half so light! England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. "Twas Chrlstmul broached the mightiest ale; "rwas Christmas told the merrieat a . - Christmas gambol oft could VISOIS ”R&09&vO&:iV&GDsQ!)N The Age-Old Story poo-mobs-Ex-cwnh-wlrapxv.-2 3- . sage, it also seems to localize the really important things of life. cheer no Great George Street The poor mania heart through hell I” lloltetnwn the year. I K s 9 .- U ..............-.. ..,.- DECEMBER .23. 1952' ..,m Voltaire, the French philosopher, once said that if there were no God it would be necessary to in- vent one. We may use wmet ng of the samethought in no ec- tton with Christmas for there are many thlngyin life which only the truths associated with Christ- mas seem able to explain. One of these things is, the emphaslsmn peace in a world which for some considerable time now has been glided for war. Anyone who reads newspapers or listens to radios does not need to be told that con.- fltct or threat. of conflict, not peace, is at the centre of things in our day. In fact, with brief in- Lermlsslone "now and then. that has been the situation for as long an we have any record. And yet, for some reason. the hope that peace will some day control the nations never seems to die com- pletely. . In the most dangerous hours there is something. in the human heart. that gives assurance of ulti- mate peace. It can scarcely be called a natural deduction for the available evidence is against it. You just. cannot argue from ex- perience or even from logic that "ewrllthlng is going to come out right". frankly there is no prece- dent for it. 0 0 In the face of this it is nothing less than marvelous that men keep Ion hoping and even planning for ,a. brave new world, whether this brave new world be thought of as including peoples and nations or only as embracing men and wo- men in little communities. If there were no Christmas ideals and hopes the return of man to the Junslo would appear right and proper or. at any rate. inevitable. If Christmas did nothing else but check the forlorn. tendencies ad the bitter facts of experience it could still be numbered among the ennobllng institutions of man- kind. 'In "The Belle of Christmas" Longfellow puts in beautiful verse what. may be called the action and the reaction of souls caught. in and delivered from perplexlty oc- casioned by the evidence of things around them. "And in despair I bowed my heed; There in no peace ollpeerth, I said, For hate is strong and mocks the son: or peace on earth, good will to men. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep. God is not dead. nor does no sleep! The wrong shall fall, the right prevail. . With peace on earth, good will to men!" While it is true. of course, that Chrlstmu proclaims a world mee- Peuoe. for instance. We are apt. to think of it in terms of world power politics. That is natural enough in view of the foot. that war is a. universal scourge, espec- ially in this age. Peace among the nations is certainly a necessity if human life is ever to fulfill its proper destiny. But, it. is not the only kind of peace that matters of The Passing Scene t . Olbuei-dver O , , som: 'c-ftnlsuus jriloucllrs Christmu symbolizes is only re. motely, it at all. concerned wm. world affairs. Its primary empha. :15 seems to be on relations be. tween one man and another or between one family and another, when n. certain woman naked Charles spurgeon what she could do to help along the cause 0; world missions he told her to R0 home and make it 9. better plan for those in it. And it. may 5. presumed. I suggest. that ' the "peace on earth" we sing about an Christmas time must begin when Wetuf if this to have any um. mac oroe in the la er n th; world. rs an 38- of coca, if it is to have any man. lng at all. is not on issue to be ruolved by world chnnoellorles or pacts among nations. It is xgum. an issue to be resolved by lndlv. idual men and women as they go about. their daily work and engage in normal human relationships The "things that war against, the. soul" are, basically, the things that hurt. O I A well known sceptic says Lhag "it. is at least doubtful that time is on the side of the good and righteous". So. indeed. it om... seems. The fact is that all ti-lrough the story of man truth has ma 1,-, right every inch of the way and often it has been at. a dlsadvani. age. The apparent. futility of try. mg to preserve order in I disor. dered world of man's own making has often brought o feeling of de. pair even to the minds of tho... who in their hearts believe in the supremacy of good. In such a dark picture the message of Christmas comes with a bright. light. of hope, and it. is all the brightenbecaum of its simple. quiet approach- brought by ii. little child in mg mother's arms. wrote Tennyson: "Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill To pangs of nature, sins of will, Detects of doubt and taint: of blood; That. nothing walks with clinical feet, That. not one life shall be do- strayed or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete”. 0 O 0 Hope has always been under siege. According to the Gospel story. no sooner had the angels sung their hymn than the forces of scepticism and despair so: about to discredit the good new: it brought. But. strangely. hope is never quite extinguished. More strangely still, sometimes it; seems to thrive and even grow 9. bit. un- der the stress and strain of long delay. There is plenty of ugli- ness in the world. God knows, but Christmas comes to say that after all there is much beauty, too. And on the few occasions we can get. away from earth-bound things,our souls cry out.'ln sympathy with studdert-Kennedy, the poet who refused to be embittered by any process of disillusionment. "I bet. my life on beauty, Not abstract, but incarnate truth; Not beaut.y's passing shadow, but its self. and. in, fact. the peace that Its very self made flesh". PROFESSION AL CARDS Mutheson. Peolle 8: Nicholson A. W. MATESON. Q.O. A. H. PEAKE, B.A.. i.L.n. JOHN P. NICHOLSON. LLB. Barristers. Etc. Collections - Money To Loan MocPhee 8: Trainer H. F. MlcPIIEE,' B.A.. Q.U. I SOMEELED '.l'RAIN03: EA. Barristers, Etc. Palmer 8: Huslum Dr. W. R. Carson CHIROPBACTOB -Palmer Graduate CHARLOTTETOWN Phone I072 201 Prince St. M. Albon Former. 0.6. B.A.. LLB. Barrister and Solicitor Bunk of Commerce Building Charlottetown Money to loan J. A. McGuigon hABnlSTER., SOLICITOB. Etc. NOTARY. Etc. Currie Building Chas. R. McOuoid . 'tl..Anth' 'blm 'llb to .' ' " -. , Fcmposl on 0 el pl.O e wi e be half holidays for Federal civil servants mm up hm on away aw". ,,,'1ro vusalatallzmnhdserl. and a.u,. -1-,,,,.,,,,,, ,, ,m, mm b. ,n A ;, gnu”. 3,," Lu; ind suitable methods of extracting the 111- under a ruling by the Cabinet yesterday. the corner or Queen and Grafton Agerceamon dwgd rifle Mtge. chm, he l. . new creature: old B-rrl-tar. In ILA. tlinic 8Cld- Irish 10055 Will F9C9lV9 H Elleat As Boxing Day is already a holiday there ,S::"':?gho','.',2d,u:2' ,;:mg;'1? :31; l: The heir. with roses in eiilspziloeea '" ':”d """ m"m' '1' ""kc3l.i:&'.i..i'5." "1: ii'"l'."'”" BAmusTEn' soucrmm deal Of attention fF0m the Feseafch 1090- is only Saturday inorning between them large wnrehouselat the west side Tmzhwi "u3h" Vm'3' lmm” thing 3: or 3i: hA-Tl? rlel-I MONEY Td mm EIIIafl(l)T':l'I::t' '3.Til.lln. . ' ' - . - and will extend his shop into it 3- ' ' H” h -ma-j-.---Z-j.. Methods of .eXilE-lCtl0l'l. oft. the badsic Chen: and a very long week end indeed. bout 2,, mt, which Wm mke ml 3:: 1:31; &in4:c.i;:gotl:!g. shorts Ind gm. ":1; hnhhlmunnlf ul:!uJo'shu: Amson M. Gilli” LLB. CHABLOTTETOWN icals are undei lnvestlga ion, an suscep - . . ., M0,, on, of W, hmut md mm ,, P0! mum" at, nwmuhnm . Phone ",1 ibility to bacterial decomposition will be de- conveniently situated srocerr stores 511 ml... with .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,u,,, 4,, . uniusrnn. SOLICITOB. an m--so---m-v-4 term-ined. The nutritional value of sea Schoois and Colleges have releas-ed ',.l,t.-,.”;i:...';i?.i.' ,?I,Z”,”1'S:',.;;f23”ii”'.? '"'m'- FOUND” 1" n” no Richmond st. - Charlottetown Byr0n.J' Gr:""' o'D' . . , youngsters to enioy a well earned holiday. mm. of . mun” b one of the AM Ben01'I1' V0100. the hum: ”'-T g mm... 59;. '01-Tomnfnlsf plants to the S011 and to farm ammals an Nlan Others Ion in O t f h 1 h , labmzl. While exnvtgi in m. t The Nnuonn champmc 8” -mmm-m-T---: 120 Kent sh-ggt phone 370 well as to man will be given scientific study ya d t ' t 3 St (Th to 0of' K” rear oisthe store. . . M iii:-i.Wci3lxi3i”7.i”h'fvIii3n”'33".?;. l:llIeCtl?dIY:sIl1tIIundd.gn1I1:loln”soi'oll 3?: DP. A. Le MCCISQGC topposlto Revere Hotel) g so that a firm basis of knowledge may be manfibe 0 re um 0 9" am, "'5 ,or e "The boy market will. in 9: row graphic knowledge. - nnxnsr F d ' A La Q C Christmas season. Home-coming is per- dnya. be like Mallomern Coffin, The tire. with ""'dTM1ou :up- 9,"... 53,, ”B.'''':: 8;” i '9? u ' ' no r, ctor. o P! ' GLORIA IIIJILDING I'll Grafton St. J. A. Carrurhors. R,O. FRENCH COMPANI The company of the West Indies constructed on which a larger industry may be built. suspended-not between heaven and earth but between Powntl and Queen squares. It would be well for Boyul Bank of Canada Bnlldtnl ' Charlottetown. P. E. I. Lounl on City and Farm traditions Phone 29I haps one of the most pleasant D . Went. roaring up the chimney connected with the observance of Christ- t 1 ' w do. . The huge hall-table.-'5 oaken face. space and a small pilot plant. Canada's leading research centres. At present the laboratory -employs a professional and technical staff of 30. 'With the opening of the new Naval Research Establishment of the Defense Research Board, and the "pres- ence of the Atlantic Experimental Research Board, Halifax promises to become one of ical economist, died 'thls date 1834. He was a pupil of Richard Graves and Gilbert Wakefield and afterwards distinguished himself at Cambridge in classics and matti- ematics. He entered the church and wrote oh economic subjects. Hts famous and ferocious essay on population was gener- ally accepted as economic truth until quite "Blake's stall. in the inuiet ul- doy. contained some ext:ro' fine beef. The cores: of o Ihlrylod by Hon. John Lolicworth, weighed (live) 1.005 lbs.. dew. 900 lba.. and a. boiler reared byrfon. -7.11. Paton, three years, old, gave no lbs. or splendid meat. . . ' "Mr. Norman Campbell. of Du- ltngtcn, in fast gaining a high" ro- putotlon M a breeder of good hm- aes. Every year, for the lost three years. he has sold I vuluoble horse The you live with-your home. your buulnul. your Your-.v nnnlsrrzn. sbxiclron. me. P Julalng , nmlmu. lolioltioro. nu, . A. Wulihen Guilder. Ilonnrto lain ,. Collection "'1 & Foster Situated on the campus of Dalhousic the Mum, commit,” ,0 comm" , , 1 Louis gniversity, the new research building has mas' . . . 3:1: hmutter kcltrellxlltyri Ind tlocnu! 3”""::9;"" " 'h”'"' ”” d” "I ':Ei'v”i3”f.iip.i.'ii"i:ime'3i byoolonlal oPl0mTmuT . ""”P""” - about 40 rooms. 20,000 square feet of floor Thomas Robert Mamms, British pom” Va;,m';Vp,':;' smmt .'"”' mm ' hum - mg,::: ::'”;:'"on,. "W" :9" DIS K. Asmygrciachern Dental X-ray Above Charlottetown Cllnlc 203 Queen St. Phone 6: ,, g.gg,,g.... J. S. Taylor brroiwrnlsr lye: nnmlnod. Glnun Fm:-.d -Corner Kent and Queen St!- ofllco Phone use-noun lols h Gouda! &-Homird CIILIIIIT A. oaunm-. as. Lot! Barristers and solicitor! Monoy on Loan oumlhm onus of commerce B1"! As we know, since 1940 Irish moss has been actively harvested in the Maritimes, and a total of between one and three mil- lion pounds of dried moss have been col- lected and exported each year. This repre- sents about 4,000 tons of wet weed, with ti value of around half a million dollars. Most of the moss comes from Prince Ed- ward Istand iind Nova Scotla. Probably the most prolific beds,ot' rockweed tn the world are fit be found around the shores of recent times and inspired Darwin to enunc- iate his theory of natural selection. do 0" o The disconcerting report by n:wspaper- men visiting ll British Columbia prison farm is largely useless if we think of it. no telling only of conditions in that particular prison. There can be no doubt that slmitar' con- dltlons could be found l greater.or'less degree in prisons in any ovlnce. A use- to Willtan Bu-null. In 1079 one Clyde, for 0200, in me one Stotfkmln. for 1100. and In 1381, one blood more for 0170. The hor- ses which he keeps are sold to be beautlec. . ' "Nolan. 3.. W. Tremaine and Jonathan Medial! announce ,the dissolution of their partnership un- der the firm name of '1':-emolno and Motmlf, the bualmu, hero, tau carried on at as Queen Ber to be conducted under the ma)! 6! RVW. Tremaine." .. .. Doc. ' 22 - -(mum-)-. "stock In trade"-on all oubieot to tone ti; ..” accident or olmunolunooo Jagyond your oontrolf For your own Ionic of security. you Ihoold learn how mu: you on be human. wo will be glad of an opportunity Oofurve you. (I. R. IOBTIII. LLB. Louis on Olty and hen Propertleo - 150 llollmoncl ltreo Charlottetown. P.ll.l. H. R. DOANE 8; COMPANY cnAu'.rIIl;n' nwmmnwrs lllvtlront George 311.. Charlottetown . '. . b I HYllDMAll”& co. in - .- , R I p Q ." .---I ,.IANIl0 nmnnlmno. - pun yr uni-lirzin . -h is s c .. A 3"" ""'"""' "gr ttmtlee Fromm I M function is wowed by the Km.” M ,.,?.2,””;...,..... ,..,. ,,,...... . mm... . honllao. MoD.ONAI.D.' cum: 3. go. Q 1" m.IW.m W "5 '"”59” if: it"; cm” Wile” by whim member! of lhe PIIPHS the mash oauloiio Irchbllhomofr I s . - 5,... ,.,.,..,...,... .... i.,.....,.., 0 I ” S olulnonm ACCOUNTANT! " . , . . .. 9 la. I A. "t ; I A, V . . , . V n lit tilled! "Cutadlah,I5ll31neua. s t are in duty bound to make a personal visit 3:11-,1-ignhlrrntw op :t.I"lcl::' A . ",,,,,'::,il?:;b:c-L:?,:."?':”:.:,a::.Iig:u,'::.h::::n?h,::;b2::uie nuphono I !0lI'ff'9a reported tonight. nun” "Mg. (:h"'mg",,w..; I ad industry dates from to such institutions. lo, I . g . f ., p,;. N, o H . I f 1, K ,3 ,l r, - -. . . AtK