i i . l PAGE roux ,, H ' P frat; GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN MARCH 14. 1952 THE GUARDIAN Authorised no second CIIII MIII l'oIl Offlco Doportmont. ottnwo. Tho lolnnir liuudlnn Pulollohlng Co. President Ind AIIoclIl.o-Editor. Ion A. Burnett. Auoclnlo Editor, Front Woilier. CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward IIlInd llko tho dew" "lhe Strongest Mommy is Wookcr "ion tho Weakest Ink". CIIARLOTTETOWN, FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1952 Progress Educatlonally Among the reports tabled in the Legis- lature this week is that of the Department of Education. While it deals only with the fiscal year ending March 31, 1951, it pro- vides information and statistics which can still be studied with interest and profit. During the period reviewed, the number of graded schools increased from 79 for the previous year to 84. The total enroll- ment showed an increase of 189, the aver- age daily attendance an increase of 267, and the percentage of attendance an in- crease of .60. The percentage of attend- ance. 82.9, was the highest in the history of the Province. Local districts added up- wards of 325,000 to supplements of the pre- vious year and nearly 5534.000 to their cur- rent and capital expenditures, while Gov- ernment expenditure was increased over that of the previous year by nearly 55128,- 000. The statistics reveal clearly the high cost. of maintaining small schools. One group of figures, comparing four schools in communities of approximately the same economic level, shows a cost of M3611 per pupil enrolled in a six-pupil school, against a cost of 3566.34 per pupil school of twenty-six enrollments. While all schools having a sufficient number of pupils to operate during the year were supplied with teachers, 24 very small schools had their pupils cared for either by transportation to an adjoining district or by correspondence instruction. Of the 721 teachers employed. 73 taught under permit, and a number of schools were served by teachers who had been out of the profes- sion for some time. 53 per cent of the teachers (those holding second class license) had only one year of study beyond grade ten before undertaking the year of profes- sional study: only 34 per cent: (the first class license group) could be said to have completed adequately the high school course before undertaking professional study. Definitely encouraging, notes Deputy Minister L. W. Shaw. were the comments of school supervisors on the high standard of work done by the experienced and train- ed teachers who are still to be found in the towns and villages of-the Province, and to a lesser degree in the rural one-room schools, also on the improved standard of training shown by recent graduates of the Teacher Training School. On the debit side was the extremely heavy turn-over of teachers in the rural schools, and the loss in efficiency of rural schools through the employment of partially trained and im- mature teachers. It was evident that far too many of the rural schools were unable to retain the services of teachers more than one year. It is to be hoped that this condition will be improved as a result of the salary in- creases this year, which have been forc- cast in the Speech from the Throne, and which appear to have the unanimous sup- port of members on both sides of the Ilouse. Timely Advice From India India's Premier Nehru says that his country is prepared to accept foreign aid. Such an assertion, since the Colombo Plan and the UN Technical Assistance Pro- gramme came into being, is not news. India has, in fact, accepted some 3915 million from Canada in one way and another over the last twelve months. That works out at slightly more than a dollar per head of Canada's population, which is substantially more than most of us can afford to give to many worthwhile charities. What makes Mr. Nehru's utterance 'on foreign aid newsworthy at this time, how- ever, is his assertion that such aid will be acceptable only if no political or other strings are attached. Since Canadians have itgon no less eminent an authority than Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Pearson that the purpose of this country's contribution to India and other Asiatic countries under the Colombo Plan is to'oounteract the influence and growth of Communism. it is fair to outline that Mr. Nehru's recent observa- um Ibout "old with political strings at- tached" relieves the Canadian taxpayer of g'h'y,fm'tlIer,responsibllity in the matter of the people of Canada do not Man the Republic of India WEIR under the Colombo .-ll Premier Nehru and his no Io sensltivo about the ow Hmphloto on democracy as. m a 1 of imports are recorded for February. Both 'could not be fully credited to stormy weath- being slipped in with each shipload of Can- adian wheat that is sent to that country. If Parliament is on its toes. Mr. Nehruls timely warning may save the taxpayers of Canada 515 million in the next few months. In a drive against bookmakers in Van- couver 26 persons were charged with con- spiracy and part of the evidence which the Crown proposed to introduce was the Income Tax returns of some of their num- ber. It is, to say the least, surprising that counsel for the "Crown would thus seek to make public what is generally regarded as a very private document. i It is true that the activities of book- makers tend to deprive the Provincial treas- uries of revenue which would otherwise be derived from the licenced pari-mutuel ma- chines but that is a minor consideration compared with the effectiveness of Income Tax collection. Taxpayers are accustomed to reveal to revenue officials details of their affairs which they jealously guard from every other living soul. If such informa- tion is in danger of becoming public knowledge, the difficulty of getting it for revenue purposes will be increased many times. no Tax ileum ll court EDITORIAL NOIES Debate on the Address resumed in the Legislature. O O O a staggering sight. The 57-ton Centurian adopted by this country is itself a.monslcr fighting vehicle.. I O O A decrease of exports and an increase car. 0 I O The mother of Winston Churchill was born in Brooklin, where a plaque is to be unveiled on March 26. It is interesting to speculate what might have been had the Lord Randolph Churchills not made England their home. I O O The Toronto and Montreal police are evidently running wild in a search for a bank-robber and assassin. Since when has law and justice been put unrestrictedly into the hands of policemen with power to shoot and kill at sight? 0 I O Humour is not easily defined, but no less an authority than Charlie Chaplin ac- cepts this as describing it: "When you (:0 lie, and kick him in the rear, that's funny." In other words, dignity and impudence. O O 0 Mental disorders, like other injuries and diseases, are of varied origin. Also like oth- er ills, they should be treated rather than ignored. The recently established Mental Health Clinic announced in the Legislature was long overdue. I I Q The London Stock' Exchange seems mightily pleased with the British Budget, notwithstanding that the combination of increased taxes on excess profits and the increased bank rate knock several hundred millions off exchange values. Thankful for small mercies these days. 0 O O Canada has a new voice, that of Mr. Eric Johnson, an ex-rancher, in the Brit- ish House of Commons. He talked horse- and-cattle sense the other day in advocat- ing the U. K. to do more importation from Commonwealth silver area in order to have more dollars to buy Canadian produce. 0 O 0 The "Canadian trade and financial of- ficials" who have been hinting at retaliatory action against the United States restrictions on Canadian dairy products would seem to be talking out of turn. Either they are proposing something which is not Govern- ment policy or the Government is using a very round-about way of revealing its de- clsions. John Jervis, first Earl St. Vincent, Eng- lish Admiral. died this date 1823. He ven- tered the navy as A.B. in 1749 and was post captain by 1760. He became a Member of Parliament and I 'Rear-Admiral and gain- ed In earldom for his great victory over Spain in 1797 off Cape St. Vincent. He was an exceedingly It.rlct dlsciplinarian and averted a mutiny in the fleet at Splthead by his strong measures. 0 O O The U. K. Government announces meas- ures to make it even more difficult for Bri- tons to get new cars. Under restrictions out- lined by Brig. A. R. W. Low, parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Supply, appli- cants for com will have to declare their specific need for I new model? In addition there will be I Itrlcter interpretation of buyer-I' mom for (new car and except in special cit-cmnltonoco no-owner of I post- The new 70-ton British tank must beg up behind a dignified individual, Char-it All In . It Together... I pursue mm. This column In open in the discussion by wt-respondents of questions of interest. The Gunrdlnn does not Monaur- lly endorse the opinion .0! url'fCSp0lldeIlIl. . PLAYGROUND SUPERVISORS Sir.-I wish to commend the stand that Councillor P. C. Mac- cormac has taken with regard to supervisors of our Playgrounds ba- ing too young for this job. It is quite true that. heretofore, the supervisors have not. been much older than the children they are supposed to look after, and Is the mother of eight children. I think it about time that the pow- ers-that-be place over our child- ren in these Playgrounds. super- visors of more mature years and who. through their years of ex- perience. are better fitted for this work. More power to Councillor Mac- Cormac. I am. Sir. etc. PARENT. 7';--u .'r Q"-rx'". 9'1-4D;iW3iQ3q 2? N oles From ,, Another Island It i By "Anson" LONDON. Englsnd;- It would not. be correct to say that the untimely death of King George VI brought our affairs to I standstill; indeed, that is prob- ably the last thing that be him- self would have wished. shocked and saddened we were. but work went on pretty much as usual des- pite I sombre and hushed atmos- phere that hung over us all. Be- sides our everyday tasks. there wns much to be done in Court and Military circles by those rupon- slble for the carrying out of the solemn duties that have to be performed when I Monarch dies. Even without the traditional ceremonial of I. Royal funeral we should have mourned the late King -for his own sake, Is I man. but there is still much to be sold for the pl cessional rites Is I manifestation of the nation's last respects. . ' There was work too. for those organizing or taking part. in the ceremonies attaching to the Pro- clamation of the new Queen. No one could forget that this show of pngenntry became necessary only because of I. grevious loss; colour- ful spectacle though it is, it could do little more than accentuate the event. of greater moment whence it sprang. O 0 These things Ire trndltlonll: they are perhaps the Ilnewo of our way of life. But they Ii-I not quite wh t we mean when we talk of our I-!fIh-I carrying on as usual. It's the everydoy molten, on I. more poi-Ionol level, that keep the machinery of our exis- tence running. and these were It- tcnded to without interruption. Yet there was I difference. Things were quieter. It would hove Icem- cd somehow improper otherwise. Thnt much we felt in our hoot-is without. the need for offfclIl ex- presslon, yet poulbly we hardly realized the menu a of our do- corum. If-lslng II it did from un- dlsclpllne II much II Inythlng, until now when we begin to 're- lurn to Iomethlng Ipprooching normnllly. Faulloment. provldeo I good ex- Imple. lbr Ieverol you: now the Government Ind the opposition hIvo each been strong enough to be It tho olhor'I 'f.hroIl pretty conolotonlly. Ivor Ilnco tho Gon- erIl Election of only 1900 gun the Lobour PI:-ly I Ilondor mI1or- fly. our Members of Porllomonl hIvo hod no any Job. They hon hod to no in Ittendonoo, or on coll. for long, long hourl. Iomotlmn mop division the could bring down tho -, oovormtont. Thou. when the poll of loot you nvorood the pooulon. then on still no to- amrunonc hod I oonItInl fight to proocrvo its oxfmnoo. now it is the convervltlveo who hIvI to be war car may have I new one. . Ilwoyo Ilert. loot. their own moons Ill night, roody to an port in I Ind ',?M(;?'t 3si'GlkMW49 T13 -?b'E-I xN0tes By A passport Is not a visa and I visa is not a passport. and the people who concern themselves dian passports wish that idle gos- sip about the recently visa frauds would call them visas and not passports. The Journal er- red in this the other day. and we are glad to admit our error and make clear that there has been no suggestion that the pass- ports in which the visits nre stated to have been entered were mem- selves wrongly issued. It is per- haps churllsh of us t.o add that we think I smell in the visa dendri- mom. is no less unplensnnt. than a smell in the passport department, but certainly there is a difference between the two nnd in this case. it appears, the odors are not com- mon to both. - Ottnwn Journal. News phofogrnpliers know that it is next. to impossible to per-E faces to keep their ordinary ex- pression while more is :1 camera in sight. Something scents to pos- sess most. people, and the result WINTER NIG-ll'llFAI.l. The day begins to dronp,-- Its course is done: But. nothing tells the place Of the setting sun. The hazy darkness dee-pens. And up the lane You may hear. but cannot see. The homing wain. An engine pants and hums In the farm hard by: Its lowering smoke is lcst. In the lowering sky. The soaking branches drip. And all night. through The dropping will not CNN? in the avenue.. -Robert Bridges t1 advantage should be lost to l Lobour Opposition ever eager to vote them out of office by 3 sud- den move of "no confidence." I O 0 There was I lull for n time, dur- mg the recess that lasted until late January. Then, after a -few Iklrmloheo. the King's death brought. about it truce. Now. the battle is on again, it's bitter as ever. Keen, often acrimonious, ex- changes take place at almost. ev- ery session. and there II once more the never-ending threat of o divi- Ilon t.hIt, makes til-health some- thing that no M. P. can I-fford. for NI Iboenco on it Ilck-bed moy moon the difference between ouc- cou or defeat to hlI party. To the oloctorobe, it makes politics some- thing llluo an exciting game, each division like a. football match be- lwIon,teIms I0 evenly plIced.thal neither ldoro relax. O I C And that unites In Inalogy par- tlculorly Ipt just. now, with the sporting public in the grip of the Innunl epidemic of Cup-tie Fever. with the soccer world, too. buck to normol. the great footboll knock- out competition ll running into Ito flnol rounds. Onco Igoln fool of the turns out! loft to fight. for tho moot glittering prloo in Ill Boocer Iro gotnr to Ilmoot Iny longtho in their of-!ortI to obtain notion of Idmlllon to gImoI to be played in IronII that never lean nooriy big enough. And when. I few woon hence. tho llnol gomo of-tho tournuncnt drum noor London, the oultomuv ofinoblo "Iunoophoro" into it In event that will not III- lly bo forgotten by thllo present. lot It. will Iloo bring book to us out - II Io Inony things will from one to limo - the memory rooono ovonu: for King George not ho lhoro. Is on Io many pfovlous occasions. to) hand over tho trophy to tho wlnnors. dam. Mm the mndyimz of Cnna.iSOITl0l.ll'l1l'3S includes photos taken exposedgls not. called for. suade most people to allow thelrl n pl”!!! in tho vlll wombly st.I- m will ,, l v V0 re.,f,-'3) IB r-949-9 e9r9 The Wayx. is either a wooden image or I yacniit grin. The vacant grins are tin the majority, at that. This at solemn moments when B smile It almost. al- uvnys finds I group of men and lwomen grinning broadly at. oth- ling if the occasion is serio but Incl. solenm. After all, I picture tseldom does more than extend and preserve the appearance of people, at at given moment. On thousands of faces ll smile is only an occasional visitor. For these only o. serious look is natural. For most of the rest. a pleasant. ex- pression is closer to normal and much more becoming than I grin from enr to ear.-tcornwnll Stan- idard-Freeholder.) It is I credit to the imagination of the writer of thenews report. but on insult to the intelligence of Northern Ontario people, to sug- Lzest. that snbre jet. pilots attached to the RCAF station at North Bay are seriously considering an at- tempt: to strafe wolves running ucross frozen northern lakes. The Sabre Jets must. be much slower aircraft, than is officially claimed required to identify and shoot wolves running ncross lakes in the lflollhnm and Temignml districts. Then there is the little question of woods oper.tt.lon.s now in full swing in the northern woods, where the lumber camps are local- ed -fnlrly close to lakes. we don't think that lumber companies would appreciate reductions in thelr'personnel caused by stray bullets from .50 calibre machine- j nuns. Finally, there is enough news breaking in Northern Ontar- llo wlthout..the RCAF contributing to the news budget with cracked- lup Sabre jets and rescue parties .lrying to reach isolated areas. Sudbury Star. i -...u .. . i 55'?-r6059:--G0M!rC0M00'-M-C '-ll Old Charlottetown (And 1-. n. r. ) ('lIAMl'l0N BATTERY "No. 1 Battery P. E. I. Brigade of Garrison Artillery have again curried off the shifting ordnance rizcs given by the Dominion Ar. t llery Association of Canada. This Buttery have now won four out of the five shifting ordnance com- petitions which have been held since the organization of the As- soclntlon-lhrec of them consecu- tively. These competitions me open to the whole Gorrioon Artil- lery of Canada. and we think it spooks volumes -for the drill and efficiency of this Buttery, when it can succeed against competitors who hnve much greater foctlitles nnd advantages-I. for 5 t in the larger cities of Toronto, Montreal, Quebec Ind Halifax. We congratulate Capt. Paumore on tho Iucceu of the Battery under his command Ind trust that, should another Cnnndlnn team be sent to Shoeburyneu. it will num- her nmong its members several of this crock corps. The prizes con- sist of ll money award of twenty dollars to the detachment. Ind I gold embroidered badge Ind cop, presented by, the Governor Gon- eral to the Commanding officer." H--The Examine . Jan. 18. 1883. l in Ago-0lll Story Then oornelh loom will fl unto I plooo oollod Ind IIIIII unto the dlodploo, E if they can slow down to the 8PeCdl(iepresslon, their first objective is E. ; J., For the past few weeks, I hIve followed through. the columns of The Guardian the comment: ro- Ipectlng the place. and value to the country. of Igricultural mor- ketlng boards. It is lnteretling to get. the different. points of view and to Inolyzo the reasons given for each. On the one hand. we have had vIrlouI formers defending the work of such boards: on the oth- er, we have had defenders of our Io-coiled free enterprise system using III the arguments at their command to persuade the pro- ducer that he should have nothing to do with producers' organiza- tions. In other words. that he should ignore his neighbours and remain unorganized. y I thought It might be well to present some additional informa- tion, pertaining to one successful mnrketing board. which might be of interest to The Guardian's many readers-both dealers and farmers -who Ire concerned. The board I refer to is the Milk Marketing Board of England and Wales. If this Board can be of such benefit to the people of England and Wales. as both Conservative and Labour Governments in Great Britain have said it has been, then why cannot agricultural mar- keting boards be of similar ben- efit here? While it is true that the British Milk Marketing Board functions within the confines of England and Wales and that our boards have been mostly set up for ex- port purposes, yet Marketing Board: in Denmnrk and other countries do regulate export trade. The point I should like to make here is that. at least in England and Wnlcs, the primary producer hos been enabled to control and market his product, not only to his own lncrensed welfare, but to the welfare of the consumer also. England's milk marketing board began functioning in October of 1933 under authority of the Brit- ish Agricultural Marketing Act. of 1931. This act was promoted by the National Farmers Union nnd was passed by the British Pur- llnment for the expressed pur- pose of improving the marketing of all farm products. At the time of setting up the milk board. England's milk In- dustry was in in bad wny. The world depression was at its worst. Within a relatively short time. Edward VIII was to come out of the Welsh mines where human misery was rampant and promise that "something will be done about it,” thus linking the first step ln I series of actions which ended before A miuophone on the night of December 11. 1936- "At long last I nm able to any a few words of my own. . ." The unemployed were numbered by the ymilllons. Milk supplies and prices .fluctualed widely. Underselling by lmsny milk producers in order to lget some return for their product. hnd all but wrecked the industry. Nnturnlly, when producers set up an organization of their own dur- in: I crisis. or in the midst of I likely to be I short-term one in- nsmuch ns they are engaged in n struggle for immediate survivnl. However. the aims of the Milk Mnrketlm: Board. as set forth in their 1933 report, show that the Board wns building on n founda- tion which would be strong enough to hold I structure commodious Ind pray. that yo Inter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing. but the flesh II wt-Ik. He went Iwoy Ignln the second time. Ind prayed. Ioying. 0 my Fother. if thin cup may not pull In-Iy from me. except I drink it. thy will be done. And he come nml found them Ioleep Inln: for their cyesg wore hcnvy. And he left them, Ind went IwIy Ignln. nnd proycd the third time. Ioying the Iomo words. Then rometh ho to his dlselploo. Ind Inlth unto them. Sleep on now. Ind take your rent: behold. the hour In It hInd. Ind A English Milk Marketing Board By L. P. Mclsaoo Bou.-Irch Director. P. E. I. ,l"cdor-Itlon of Agrlculturo enough to look Iftor th the future. AI not fort: nlenedtghol 1933 report, the aims of the Bonn: we(re: . I) The Itrcngthenln 0 position of prod ,. B: en.'l,1:,l: them to negotiate II I Iolld body with one voice and with Idequug information, Ind by emurl um negotiated agreements were up. lvoroally observed; (b) the prevention of under. cutting of the liquid market, and the provision of satisfactory M. uangementa for the Isle of milk for manufacture; (c) the improvement of 11,, quality of the milk Iupply: (d) the Itimulntion of the de- mand for milk for liquid can- sumptlon: (e) the recognition of tho lei-v. ice rendered by producer: who ca. fer primarily for the llquid.m11k market; (f) the development of um manufacture of milk products. nnd tho co-ordination of the efforts of all concerned-produc. crs, distributors, and monufnctur. crs-to secure prosperity for the whole milk industry of the coun- try. but with adequate safeguard; for the interests of the consum. lng public. . O 0 As evidence that both the Brit- ish Government Ind the min; producers Inw the need for Iome effective method of Itabillzlng milk prices and developing wider rnnrkets, the powers granted mg Milk 30lIl'd by the Government under the Scheme may be noted, Those powers included: (oi tho discipline of individual Dmdllcefl by their own collective marketing organization: (b) the determination of prices at which milk could be sold by producers: (c) the pooling of receipts from the different markets for payment to producers; (ii) the encouragement of im- provement in the quality of milk; (c) the development of Ierv. ices to assist producers In the prnduclicn of milk: ti) hrlprovement in transport and marketing uunngements for milk; ' (g) the Improvement and dc- veiopment of markets for liquid and manufacturing milk; (h) safeguards for the Gov. ernment ond for consumers. O O 0 Among the first took: of tho English Milk Board when it was set up were the establishing of prices at which the producers were to sell their milk Ind the pnsuaslon of the producers. dis- tributors. and manufacturers to comply fully with the terms of the contract drawn up by the Board. From the very start all money due for milk was made payable to the Board. This in- volved n tremendous amount of bookkeeping and was I venture without parallel in the country. There was no previous pattern to go by nnd the technique for cnrrylhg on I business involving 100,000 producers and 20,000 first- hand distributors had to be de- vised from the beginning. The Board was only in oper- ation it short time when the foot downed upon it that it had little or no information on the cost of milk production by individual pro- ducers. It therefore, in 1934. fl- nanced the work of on investiga- tion into the cost. of milk produc- tion on 600 individual forms. Ev- ery year since I IlmIlIr study has been carried on through the econ- omic depnrtments of the agricul- tural colleges. Those investiga- tions or studies Ire not in any way influenced by the Board. But while the Milk Board hnd by 1934. with the full support of the Ministry of Agriculture. over- come the first great obstacle to its success. the lock of full con- trol of the milk industry in Eng- lnnd and Wales. other obstacles remained. One was that, with the establishment of fl Itobilfzed price of milk. producers begun to in- crease their Iuppllel so that from 1935 to 1939 the supplies increas- ed from K56 million gallons to tho Son of mm ll belnyed info the hands of Ilnnen. 1.119 million gIllono. (To be continued) PROFESSIONAL CARDS Boll. Molllieson & Foster Barristers. Solicitors. etc. R. It. BELL. QC. D. L. MATHIESON. LL.B.. Q.C. G. R. FOSTER. LLB. Loom on City and Farm Propertleo 150 Richmond Street Charlottetown. P.E.I. William A. lloddin B.A.. 3.30.. 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