be in evidence today, along with the traditional formalities. It is fitting * that the occasion should be a colour- ful one, for it symbolizes our status. - g¢ a self-governing Province. It is erroneous to assume—as is too often - done—that our Provincial Parlia- ment is subordinate to the Federal Parliament. ‘The authority which both these bodies exercise is from the same source—the British North America Act; and under Section 92 . - of this Act the Legislature of each Province . jhas exclusive jurisdiction over a wide range of matters affect- ing our interests provincially. Election to the Legislature car- ries aveighty _ responsibilities, not Only to the individual constituencies for which the members are elected, but to the Province as a whole. It is to their credit that our members, ‘for the most part, are conscientious in their attendance and sincerely desirous of promoting the public good. Differences of opinion are, and should be, freely expressed; but on vital matters a common ground of understanding is usually reached. Such a matter is the new hospital insurance plan, which will be in the forefront at this session and which, in principle, will likely be generally indorsed, however much controversy there may be over the details of fin- ancing and administration. This may or may not be an election year. The uncertainty itself will give a pre-election zest to the session, and we may expect more » than the usual amount of political gpeechmaking. There is nothing ‘wrong with that, provided it be kept within proper bounds of decorum and not allowed to usurp the time ‘required for dispatch of more im- portant business. The Opposition is small in numbers, and for that rea- son should be given every latitude in debate, and every opportunity of obtaining information required for analysis and criticism of govern- ment policies. At Ottawa the Speaker of. the House of ‘Commons has again re- ferred to the improper reading of Speeches by members on both sides. This practice has increased greatly ‘in recent years, and has been quite noticeable in our own Legislature. We hope to see an improvement. provincially as well as’ federally. .Members should be able to debate issues without reading interminably from prepared manuscripts, and ‘they should strive to do so whenever possible. Nothing is more tedious than-a poorly read speech—and that applies, unfortunately, to a great majority of the offerings of this kind. Brevity should also be practiced; __and this can. best be achieved by members who have carefully prepared themselves, and\ have full knowledge of what they are talking about. Few speeches have achieved such de-. served fame as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address—and that could be transcribed, practically, on a post card. We don’t expect to find any Lincolns in our Legislature, “but his example is a good one to keep in mind. Our citizens welcome the pres- ence of our out-of-town members in Charlottetown, and it is to be hoped that they too will find their stay a pleasurable. as well! as profitable one on this occasion. Free To Ontario | -When plans were being made for the Trans-Canada natural gas pipe- line, it was agreed to build the costly Northern Ontario stretch on a fede- ral-provincial basis. That was to * make the whole project. more invit- ing to the private promoters. . At . the same time the two governments agreed to share the cost of this por- tion,. though it was actually built by a Crown company. According to the Windsor Star Ontario now gets off scott-free, be- _ing rélieved of its share by the ‘ Dealers’ Association of Canada _ course, , Canada generally. The reason given is this: Ontario just can’t borrow the Crown company is to pay on the money. It would take a large loss | on the interest differential. There is an ironic background particularly of its huge conversion loan last year, This. makes. it doubly difficult — ‘provinces (and municipalities) - borrow money at ‘reasonable Bg |" Ontario, of course, will not ob- ject in this case, any more than it objects to freight rate boosts which have to be paid for the most part by the outlying provinces. But our Maritime members: ought to. look into this matter. If inability to pay high interest rates warrants fiscal aid from Ottawa, we should have no ‘ difficulty in qualifying for any number of °vtra handouts. Gold Bars. Does anyone want a brand-new small gold bar for any purpose? If so, all he has to do is to watch de- velopments on the Toronto Stock «charge where the bars can now be bought like any other financial commodity. — Mr. G. K. Strithy, Chairman of the Exchange, calls the innovation “a "fesponse to growing public in- terest in gold”. He thinkg also it will publicize the fact that Canada has become one of the few coun- tries where gold éan be bought and sold freely. It is expected that heavy demand will come from the United States. where possession of gold bullion is against the law. It is all right, how- ever, to buy gold and keep it in Canada or elsewhere. Each bar will have a serial num- ber and the imprint of Canadian Copper Refineries, Ltd., ducer, a subsidiary of Noranda Mines Ltd. It will be a “one-kilo”’ bar of 32.150 ounces (Troy weight). The price is vary much from the $35 an ounce paid by the United States Treasury. Af present there is heavy pressure on the Government to raise this price considerably; but, so far, Treasury officials have given no hint that they intend to do so. EDITORIAL NOTES — - A news report from Halifax says that the Government is planning a “quiet, legislative program.” Most legislative programs are quiet when no election is pending. . - Snuff taking is not the cere- monial act it used to be. There is still a lot of the stuff used, however. 40 million pounds of it were manu- factured in the United States last year. * - An official the Investment is quoted as saying that the Federal Government is paying too much at- tention to unemployment and _ not enougi to inflation. Labourers who are out of work are not going to agree with him. \ * of * * According to agricultural experts at the University of California, the farmer of the future may sit on his porch and direct operations of _ his farm equipment by electronics. One man will be able to operate several tractors and other equipment by radio controls. * * * U.S. Consul-General in Toronto, the United States does not recognize Red China because it recognizes instead “the menace which Communist-led China represents to the independent nations of Asia.” Well, what about Communist Russia? * * * Premiums have been set for New Brunswick’s hospital insurance plan, which goes into effect on July 1. The rates, which are the same as those of Ontario, are $2.10 a month for single persons over the age of nineteen, and $4.20 a month for heads of families, a rate which covers all members of the family up to the age of nineteen. The com- bination plan of payroH deduction and municipal: collection of prem. iums, now being worked out by the commission, has’ been criticized and has become a political issue, funds—at the 314 per cent interest According to Mr. Ivan B. White, 4 . to this, adds The Star. As:a con-° sequence of federal policies, and. interest rates are |" . | now high. And, as another conse-’ |. «| =quence; value of-bonds has dropped:— ’ the pro- - not expected to~ PUBLIC FORUM er THE CAUSEWAY -PROJECT Sir,— We must ask your indul- gence and that of your readers for appearing in your column af- ter such a short interval. We are not apologizing however. as we again write in the interest of the Causeway project, and we intend to use your fecund column fre quently in order to fructify and propagate this idea to the utmost and without cessation at intervals till it becomes either a fact or is cast definitely into the limbo of lost and forgotten promises. If the latter happens it will be blameable to the inertia, and in difference of, the people of the Maritimes and P. E. Island in particular and not to our repre sentatives. We suggest that all good Island- ers capable of using the written word, atid their weight to the pro- motion of this project. through the medium of your column. We have good advocates in John A. Macdonald and Heath Macquar- rie, who seldom lose an opportun- ity to present the Island's claim with force and acumen. This however is not sufficient, to ob- tain for us recognition from the pinnacle of government for a project of this: magnitude. We must make individual and un- biased demands, irrespective of politics, time, after time. We must believe, talk and even think posi- tively about the Causeway. Un- animity and united effort from all Islanders will get results. > read in the paper today abéut an appropriation of two million dol'ars for a new trans- port wharf in Charlottetown. Add to this the eleven million dollar proposed Federal expenditure for the Island..much of which goes to Charlottetown, and undoubtedly . the Capital. should be grateful and we are all grateful. But if these expenditures should . interfere immediate implementation of the Causeway project, then we should sential is good things will follow, and it) will earn enough to pay for itself in thirty years. LAs far as the Maritimes are concerned it will be intraprovin- cially beneficial, The Nova Scotia coal miners who are out of work. or soon will be abcut four thousand of them—could be to some extent at least. kept working on this un- dertaking for years. Instead of getting relief. with idleness, they -cou'ld b> emoployed and retaining their self respect could help in contributing to an undertaking that will mean renewed life to the Island in particular and the Maritimes in general. We realize that we are repeti- tious and .perhaps redundant where the subject of the Cause- way is concerned. We will cheer- fully bear with any and all criti- cism, if we can be of assistance, however small. in bringing Is- landers to think positively about this project. We Islanders have the almost painful independence characteristic of insular peoples but we have given in the past too much evidence of that other and : less attractive attribute of insu- larity,—the inferiority comolex. Until this late regime at Ottawa our suggestions, re communica- tions, have been submitted hesi- tantly and tentatively. We do not want any “poor relation’’ ap- proach in makin.. or demands The terms under which P. E- Island entered Confederation have been reiterated so f. >quently, that further repetition would be tire- some. But they did promise unin- terrunted communications with the Mainland. The first attempt at implementing this promise within our recollection. was the icebreakers Stanley and Minto, plving between Georgetown and Pictou when not stuck in the ‘ce. These were emerted by little manpow boats with runnzers on them plying between i | Cape Traverse and Cape Tormes- with our chances of obtaining the. do without them till the more es- | started. These other | dam in the world is considered i tine. One paid, then one oushed, | then one jumped to avoid drown- ing. If one got safely across, communications were maintained. If one drowned they were un- avoidably interrupted. We have of course in the past fifty years advanced a long way from this primitive method, but we are still far behind modern concepts. We believe that this Government has had firm and determined representations re- garding this project made and presented by our present federal members. And we believe these, together with Mr. Diefenbaker’s integrity and desire to fulfill all promises where humanly possible, will give us the Causeway. We firmly believe this. but we must remember that every individual demand and expression will en- dorse and fortify on our behalf. 4 There are numerous huge pro- jects all over Canada that re quire financing or subventions from Ottawa, and we must not let other clamorous demands be their effort | | that, due to the need of ditching, paralleled by a few feeble squeaks | from our little Island. Though lit- | tle in stature let us be loud in| voice where the Causeway— our only hope for a vlace in the sun, —is concerned. We have much to} offer the touring wor'd in return for its patronage. We have not the glamor that aftends the pur- ple mountains and the deep fiords of British Columbia, where the diversion of a large river system, and the building of the ‘argest norma! in federal subventions: we have not the wealth of Albertan oil, nor the potential of the tar sands of the Far North, nor the mineral wealth of the Laurentian | Shield,—vart of which should be! our heritage by the way,—but we have the warmest waters in our latitude in the world for bath- ing: we have the best beaches in the world, the most beautiful pastoral scenery. and, — let us make sure: of this. — the most hospitable peovle in the world. | | These are tangible assets, which | the tired people of. an overwork- | ed populace in industrial centers will be glad to patronize, when the bugaboo of delayed and in- terruvted and difficult ferry ser- vice is done away with Farming is at its economic lowest, in the Maritimes. Hogs, potatoes and poultry. are being produced at a loss. The recent ad- vance in freight rates without a ' corresponding advance in freight | subsidy has contributed to in-| crease cost of feeds which the Maritimer has to import; and we hear that another advance is im- minent. Strike after ‘strike in all utilities am industry, has in- creased the cost of commodities which the farmer has to buy in face decreasing prices .in the things he has to sell. The West farmer is organizing a huge del- egation of over six hundred mem- bers to go to Ottawa to ask for deficiency payments on grain that will ¢ the taxpayer three hundred million. dollars If granted They are forwarding subscrip- tions from farmers in every part of ‘the West, to pay the expenses of this delegation. The Maritim. es need to emulate the Western vocality and dynamic, if we ex- pect to divert the attention of Ottawa, which has hitherto been principally directed to the pro- vinces west of the Maritimes. to the place on the Canadian map where Confederation was crad- led. We can ask Ottawa to. have no hesitancy in spending on us the money necessary to allow us to keep pace with the rest of Can- ada. in lieu of the huge sum due us from our share of Crown lands for which we as yet have pr received one cent. As head this Government we can ask Phy Diefenbaker to consider our great need. We can ask him to exercise the integrity. fairness and determination we know him rneighbour was te possess, in our behalf. We can NOT ENOUGH TO NOTICE beseech him to endear himself to the Maritimes, by. making the smallest, the poorest, yet the loveliest province in this Domin- ion his primary consideration. We are, Sir, etc., CG. ¢. PRAT® St. Peters, P. E. 1. VICTORIA REQUIREMENTS Sir,—At the annual meeting of the incorporated village of Vic- toria there were several topics under discussion which the rate-. payers felt should be brought to the attention of the public. The thanks of the meeting was extended to the Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief. Ivan Howatt, Jim MacLeod, and their help ers, who responded to ten calls for help, and worked untiringly in this* department without re- muneration, bevond the call of duty. Thanks were also expres- sed to the ladies’ branch of the Victoria Legion and to Mr. “Chuck"’ Roberts and Mr. Shel- don Dixon of Tryon. for their contributions to this department. It was strongly expressed, cleanfhg or replacing culverts and necessary shale the streets of this village are in a deplor- able condition. In the fall and early spring basements fill with water, houses are being under- mined, ponds form in the streets and even the fire equipment can- not be housed in its proper place. This lamentable condition was brought to the attention of the Minister of Highways in plentY of time for remedial action before freeze-up but noth- ing was done, due in part to an erroneous report submitted pre- sumably by an enginger in that department that ‘‘all was well” in Victoria. When we read, listen or watch almost anything ‘pertaining to tourist promotion. on P. E. I. ‘apart from our Travel Bureau) OTTAWA REPORT r A Quick And Reliable Test are taken four or a total of three Swe or so, you ri determine fair- nh : Hey is how the new. method works. - The procedure is founded upon the natural functional cycle of the female. Progesterone, you see, controls the portion of the cycle after ovulation. And a few days after progesterone output stops, menstruation begins. So, when a fertilized ovum is taking root, Progesterone will help it. However, when ‘no em- bryo is present, the delayed men trual period will be induced in a healthy woman if the hormone is given for a few days and is then withdrawn. TWO TO SEVEN DAYS Thus, according to persons who have tested the method, non- pregnant women will begin to menstruate within two to seven tablet has been taken. Occasion ally, it may take up to 10 days. Women who really are preg- it is usually highlighting the National Park area where huge sums of money have been — and will be — spent. ‘This year im- provements to the P.EI. Nat- ional Park will cost $261,500). We agree that the North Shore is attractive. but it is generally conceded that the water is much warmer along the South Shore and there is no danger from un- dertow. s Most people will agree that | every section of our Island is enchanting. We, in this have been vigorously pressing for a causeway across the} mouth of the Westmoreland River, in lieu of the old Victoria Bridge, without success for ioned, cajoled and pleaded with | the powers-that-be. This project, which has sanction of many Associations, would prevent erosion, maintain a link with one of the best beaches on the Island, and pro- vide excellent fishing, boating and hunting facilities for the tourists in this resort area. | It would also be a thing of beauty instead of a blot on the land- scape The excuse for it’s not being | | built by the Provincial Govern- but this is no longer an excuse as under the Roads to Resources program the Federal Govern- ment will pay fifty per cent of the cost. This could be started immediately as there is fill near- by and the work thus provided | would help alleviate the current unemployment situation. It was unanimously resolved that we approach our members, F.A. Large, M.L.A., Frank My- ers. M.L.A.,; M.P., Where All The Money Went. By Patrick Nicholson Where dd your money go last year, all $5,087,411,011, which was extracted from you in taxes by the Federal Government? That sounds like a lot of\ mon- ey, even when divided between 17,000,000 Canadians. And it is plenty. It amounts to about $l, 196 for the average family. If you want the answer to that question, the long and “detailed but, believe me, intensely fas- cinating answer, you can get it plains that one Rene was paid $2,000 compensation for an injury incurred when he was helping a member o* the R.C.M P. to make an arrest at Simo ago. And it lists the scale of pay and allowances for all uniformed employees, from a Trumpeter in the Mounties ‘pay $2,340 per year to the Deputy Commander in Chief of the North American Air | by sending $ to the Queen’s| Defence Command ($17,000 per Printer in Ottawa, and he will | year). mail to you; postage free, the | As two out of three Ottawa | two volumes of “Public Accounts’ fathers ether work for the of Canada for the fiscal year | Government, or are concerned ended March 31, 1958°% in sundry payments or fees for Voluine Two deals shortly, too shortly, with Crown Companies. But Volume One is quite a book, Its 1,050 pages tell you just how each Government Department did its spending. It gives the name and salary of every one of your employees in the civil ser- vice who was paid at the rate of $5,000 a year or more; it tells. you how much was paid to each Senator and M.P., and incidental- ly reveals their dezree of absen- teeism from sittings of Parlia ment, which costs them a deduc- tion of $60 for each day of ab- sénce in excess of 21 in the year, except in case of illness or public business elsewhere. re SIZE OF THAT CONTRACT This big volume also gives the name of each contractor or sup plier catering to the government and the amount paid, in every case involving more than $10,000 SO you can learn how much you! paid when his farm was expropriated, to make the airport. And it tells you what fees, in excess ‘of $500, were paid to which Jawyers, doctors and others in the professions for their services. ~ It reveals, for example, that United Towing and Salvage . Ltd. ef Port Arthur was paid sree for “breaking ice in Thunder Bay; transporting light- keepers and their . assistants. wives, families and effects to and from their stations etc.” Bk @m- goods or services rendered to the. Government, you will apprec- iate why this “Blue Book” is re- quired reading in nearly every Ottawa home—if a copy can be obtained. Quite apart from the listing of the “order of preced ence’ of civil servants according | to their rate of pay, which alas | some ambitious Ottawa hostesses consider important, this publica- tion caters to the widespread human failing of curiosity about what the neighbours earn otherwise receive TORY ECONOMIES economies have already been ef- fected in some fields by the new Conservative Government Prime: Minister John Diefen- baker himself sets a good eXam- ple, through a reduction of about $1,000 in the annual cost of his of- ficial residence. This saving, as compared to the previous year when the residence was occupied by former Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, is made of $527 less spent ‘on hired help and $518 less spent. on food. Since the Tories took over the business of government. there have also been forseeable .sav- ings in the cost of deodorizing government offices in Ottawa ($4- 607 compared to $10,918 in the pre- v.ous year) and in the expense of vermin contro] ‘slashed from $21,962 in the an ee year to $5,440 under the Tories). {the report that the two gleaming | Senate Chamber.are about to be declared — surplis Siesies!—OF tawa Journal . whether or not you | oD days after the last progesterone | NOTES BY THE WAY Docter (complacealy -- “You cough more Patient (q = ™- should, I've been *practising all night. — Galt Reporter. A’ Scottish anthropologist has returned. after living three years among the pygmies, and will find out he’s not as big as man as he thought he was.—Winnpeg Tribune - “From Parliament Hill comes spittoons--which for. years have adorned ‘the entrance to the nant, of course, will have'no men- strual activity. wi cos ad is this testing Dr. Glen E. Hayden of the Uni- versity of Chicago recently re ported on a study in which 102 women were given 200 milli- grams of the hormone each day-~ for four or five days. The test showed that 64 of them were preg- nant and that the other 38 were not. ACCURATE TEST Passage of time proved the test was 100 per cent accurate. All 64 pregnaneies resulted in normal, full term hirths. The remaining 38 women, laboratory tests showed. were victims of a common prank of nature, amen orrhea, an interruption of the menstrual cycle. QUESTION AND ANSWER J.B.: For two and one - half months I have had a burning mouth... Is there any remedy for this ailment? | Answer: The cause may be | faulty or ‘infected teeth, vitamin deficiency, allergy or a- blood condition. Consult your physician and your dentist to determine the cause. i Angus MacLean, Mifister of Fisheries, and ask them to work through the proper channels to have this much needed and much promised Causeway con- area, | years, although we have petit- | the | ment has long been lack of funds | Heath Macquarrie, | ‘of Victoria) and Hon. J. | Levesque j Lake, P.Q., a surprising 25 years | or | It is encouraging to note that structed in the immediate | future. In the words of the pre- sent works campaign: “DO IT Now” I am, Sir, ete., K, H. WOOD, Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Victoria. SOME SUGGESTIONS Sir,—Many years ago this | Island had a larger , than it has’ today, and I believe with more business activity and production. ‘Phat was the period when our transportation was fur- | nished by inexpensive sailing ves- | sels, which should point to the fact that our situajion now is largely due to the bottleneck of our transportation system today. The causeway is the answer to our needs and I hope no stone will be left unturned to prove our case. But in the meantime there are many things that we can do for ourselves to improve our con- dition and I suggest the follow- ing: | (1 A reduction of freight and Passenger congestion at our ferry terminals. (2) A part of the cost charged | by ‘the car ferries on Island trucks crossing to the mainland be rebated to the owners by the Government. These men are our salesmen and should be encour- aged. ‘3) The Government to buy up | and resell our vacant farms. (4) That all Grade Ten pupils be given a chance to write a pro- a supervised examination | at would show they had com- a | pleted Grade Ten according to the. standard required by . the | Board of Education, and also that | those who were. successful in pas- Sing this examination be each given a prize ef $100. I believe this would serve as an incentive for all pupils of school age and would: help to lessen the bérden of high cost school text books | for many families. It would also tend to increase @he standard of education in our province. (5) Our improved roads _pro- gram has given us better and wider roads all over the Island, but when improving our roads it | Was necessary to cut down many beautiful trees that at one time lined our roadsides. The result is better roads but a bareness that The Indiana thief who stole a defective parachute may learn, the hard way that crime does” not pay. — Edmonton Journal. - Life was simple in the old days. The only kind of brink a man ever heard about was being on the brink of bankrupcy. a Calgary Albertan. The North ‘American the ofher day that in the season ‘just ended in the East Kootenays 15,000 deer and 4,000 elks were o legitimately, and another animals were shot and left ce they fell. | Presumably they were outside the game limit -and the “sportsmen” shot them for target practice or for the fun of seeing them die. — Cal- gary Albertan. MAXIMS Advertising beging when the first crying child advertises his wants to his mother, and ends only with the epitaph on the headstone in the village cemetery. (From The Guardian Files) (From the Guardian Files) TWENTY—FIVE YEARS AGC (Feh. 10, 1934) Mr. George Sutherland, who visiting his home town of Ken- sington, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland, after an absence of eleven years, leav- es on return Saturday morning. Mr. Sutherland says that liv- ing conditions in Boston are ap- proaching the state they were in before the “crash” in 1929. + Miss Charlotte MacKay, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Mac- Kay of Desable, is a patient in the P.E.I. Hospital. Miss Mac- Kay fell on the ice near her home early in the week, severe- ly breaking her arm, TEN YEARS AGO (Feb. 10, 1949) Construction for the completion of the highway from Rustico to Tracadie is being considered, it was learned yesterday. Recon- naissance survey has been made from Covehead Harbour to Kus- tico by way of Brackley Beach and Robinson's Island, a distance of 8.6 miles. Final plans have not been completed for a bridge from Rustico to Robinson's Island. Yesterday the R.C.A.F. com- pleted a non-stop flight with twe Lancaster aircraft from Califor- nia to Summerside in twelve hours and 25 minues, the first time that the continent has been crossed by air from the Southern United States to the east coast of Canada. The Age Old Story He that hath My command- ments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me. trees were planted along our farmers’ roadside fences it would do much to improve the beauty of our Island and should not hin- der the movement of traffic.’ Now I believe if all or even one of the above suggestions were used, beneficial results would soon be apparent. I think we should do something along ‘these lines to increase the population of this Province; and maybe then, like the snowball] rolling down-hill. when we increase in haps all we need is a little push. I know that to put these things in effect Would cost our local gov- ernment a great deal of money. However, if we could double our population, our people should (judging from past perfor- mance) -use more gas and otier taxable commodities. with the re- sult that increased revenue should make the debt self liquid- ating. I am, Sir. etc.. WELL WISHER *» lessens the natural beauty of our Montague, P.E.I. i} | IF YOUR GUARDIAN IS LATE... OR MISSED DIAL Special delivery service missed. and a paper will be deliv a.m. to 9:00 a.m. if your paper is late — or 6561 ered right to your door. available between 8:30 DIAL 173 Great George St. FM Ed's Slogan: ' For the Fastest Service in Town, ED'S TAXI “To maintain the goodwill of mene whom we eerve — the goal for which we strive'™ ' call 6561 Charlottetown ke — the status The men who carried the Union - Jak to. ine yrners .of the. a, determina- ion har'l not E hies their tea: though the ase floods or blizzards howl. — Winnipeg Free Press. . oo A game official the B. C, government said in ranbrook a. ea sees break has ae quite ie F theBriticher’s_tea._ OUR YESTERDAYS Weight we would roll faster. Per-’