s-Qarn n so“ . en,- ald the young pgopl the Jere of the century, when Sir Wil- ' ie power, debates sometimes ~ PAGE FOUR TliE lililiililTTETilWl Glihlliiihil Homing ma; (Founded iii um Auoliorhed es Second Clue Mail. Poet Oliee Department, Ottevre. President. Ill A. B “, Vioe-Prealllellt. Win. I Burnett; SQtiL-TIQII, G. M. Burnett; Editor lore Managing Director, .l. 8. “, Aloelnfie Editor. hunk Walker. “The Strongest Memory is Weaker Th; the Weakest Ink.‘ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 194T it ilould Be Modified The crux of the current debate before the United Nations Assembly in New York is riot whether the veto should be eliminated, “ but whether its use should be circumscribed. There appears little chance that any of the five lead- ing Powers would agree to a more drastic change. The United States and Britain, equally with the Soviet Union, are determined that the right of veto shall remain, Only thus can they in- sure the principle of unanimity of the Big Five which is the very bedrock of the UN plan for keeping the peace. Nevertheless, there is a powerful argument for re-writing the veto clause in the UN Chart- r, and the Globe and Mail suggests that Can- ada's External Affairs Minister, Mr. St. Laur- ent, failed as spokesman of the most important middle Power when he neglected to make this point in his address. Even if he thought the chances of obtaining an amendment were poor, that was no reason for tamely acquiescing in the view that nothing could be done about it. Revising the veto clause would undoubted- ly tax the ingenuity of UN's drafting experts, but the main principle on which they might work is clear enough. Essentially, the ques- tion is at what stage in an international dis- pute the right of veto should begin to apply. Any disagreement which comes to the notice of UN is likely to pass through several phases. There is first negotiation, followed by general debate. Then there may be investigation, per- haps followed by a resolution expressing an opin- ion but not calling for any action. Finally, there is the stage of action, which could be mild or drastic. UN might proceed against an offend- ing power by a breach of diplomatic relations, by economic sanctions, and in the last resort by war. "As the Charter has been interpreted up till now, at least by the Soviet Union," says the Globe and Mail, "UN “cannot function at any of these points without Big Five unanimity. The kind of amendment desired by the small and middle Powers would bring the veto into play only at a late stage in any dispute-perhaps at the stage when economic or military action was proposed." More eiriijLtir win Because the Dominion Government has made Saskatchewan a gift of $44,000,000 '- which is the effect of reducing Saskatchewan's debt to the Dominion by that amount under the new financial agreements-there are prospects of lower provincial taxes in the C.C.F. prov- ince. Saskatchewan has a two per cent sales tax to provide funds for education, from which foodstuffs were removed a few weeks ago. _Now the Regina Leader-Post argues that with light- ening of the debt burden this education tax could be wiped out. . The Winnipeg Tribune says Manitoba ex- pects "a remission of about $6,000,000" in its borrowings from the Federal treasury-a ‘mod- est sum by comparison with Soskuichewans 44 millions, but substantial-unddhe Tribune Wallis a share of it for the relief of Winnipeg taxpay- ers. lt appears that the city of Winnipeg still owes about $8,000,000 for casts incurred in the depression and would like to be relieved of a million or so. ' ln the long run, of course, the money saved the taxpayers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba will have to be paid by the taxpayers of_all Canada. That debt of $44,000,000 is not wiped out by Ottawa's "remission"; it continues to be a charge upon the Federal treasury. if Mani- toba gets a six-million cut from the Dominion it will be the beneficiary of the people of Can- ada to that amount. _.___.___._-__-- Gaelic iii Politics There was a complaint from Scotland, the other day, that the Gaelic language was dying out in the Highlands. The old people who are familiar with the tongue of Ossian are passing e prefer to speak Eng- lish. The experience of the Highland settle- merits in Ontario, Nova Scatia and Prince Ed- ward lsland is being repeated in the home of the Celt. , But the Vancouver Province finds one ray of sunshine. For the first time on record, Gae- lic was used in the election campaign in the United States-in remote New Mexico. There, General Pat Hurley, who served as President Hoover's Secretary of War and was later Presi- dent lioosevelt's Ambassador to China, was a candidate for the Senate against Senator Den- nis Chavez. A lot of the New Mexico voters are Mexi- can and Catholic. Thev speak Spanish, a O lonflia in which Senator Chavez is quite at home, birt which General Hurley does not know at ell. To counter the Chavez advantage there, General Hurley played up his Irish and Catholic affiliations, and Senator Chavez replied by an- nouncing that though Pat Hurley could riot Qefl -the language of tlie voters, lie could speak Pat's; and te prove-it lie went about 're- _Ml_ce.. . __ The incident serves to remind the Sydney Poef-leeord the‘! Gaelic iias pleyed its pert in Caeedlen politics, too There were plenty of Coolie Qeeches eii the liiflliiifitiieoiifdayi. and et-ielt one iii the House of Common», lasted far into the night. On one of these late night sittings, John Tolmie, of West Bruce, uncle of the present Minister of Trade and Commerce, arose and addressed the House in the tongue of his ancestors. lt was one of the few occasions on which Hansard was nonplussed. Tlie King's Christmas Owing to the fact that'the departure of the King and Queen and the Princesses for South Africa has been .arranged for the first week in February next, the royal family's Christmas stay at Sandringham will be slightly shorter than usual. Their Maiesties and. the Princesses will leave London for their Norfolk home during the week-end of December 2i, and remain there until the middle of January instead of the end of the month. This variation of their usual program is to enable arrangements to be made for the South African tour. With an extended absence from 'the United Kingdom there are naturally a large number of details, both State and personal, that require attention. The Duke and Duchgss of Gloucester and their children will be home by that time from Australia, and the Duke will act for the King while the royal tour is in progress. — EDITORIAL NOTES — Tomorrow 23rd Sunday after Trinity. The coining Saturday is St. Andrew's cele- bration, but the local Caledoiiian Club will hold their banquet on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Christmas is only a month away, and everywhere there seems to be a determination to return to the old-time glorious celebration of the greatest event-apart from Easter-in the Christian year. i \ i e According to a survey by the Psychological Corporation in the United States, 85 per cent of the people read one or more newspapers every day. This figure is considerably higher than that for magazines or books, movie attend-i ance or radio listeners. C I Parish Ministers in the old land are not here-today-andaway-tomorrow, sort of incum- bents. Rt. Rep 0r. J. T. Cox, who has been Principal Clerk of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland since i928, has also been Minister of Dyce for 54 years. Four months after being licensed, in September i888, Dr. Cox was elected minister of Dyce, his one and only charge. " C The British armed merchant cruiser Rawal- pindi,_formerly the P. and O. liner, was this date i939, sunk off Iceland by the enemy pocket battleship Deutschland and another warship after a magnificent fight maintained until every gun was put out of action and the whole ship ablaze. The two enemy ships withdrew on the approach of a British ‘cruiser after picking up some of the survivors. e w a e w o The Government radio has issued agvery attractive booklet, in celebration of its first ten years in existence. Unfortunately, says The Letter-Review, the little pamphlet contains re- peated statements that C.B.C. is not in any sense Government owned, which is a most un- truthful remark. C.B.C. is, of course, as dir- ectly Government owned and Government con- trolled as is C. N. R. or the Post Office, The statement that it is under control of Parlia- ment, and riot of the Government, is a mean- ingless attempt to deceive the people of Can- ada. The policy of C. B. C is laid dawn by the Government, as in the case of any other Crown company, subject to the will of Parlia- ment. Plain untrutlis of this sort should not be circulated by any Government undertak- e a The argument on the responsibility of Gov- ernment officials for Government policy, be- tween Mr. J. T. Hackett, M. P., and Mr. Gor- don is extremely peculiar. Mr. Hackett pro- perly points out that Mr. Gordon has been an- nouncing Government policy. Mr. Gordon de- nies this, and insists that all he is doing is to state facts. Actually, Mr. Gordon was an- nouncing Government, policy, and was giving opinions, to the effect that the present Govern- ment policy is a wise one. As a senior Govern- nient officer, Mr. Gordon certainly did not make his announcements over the Government radio without the knowledge and approval of his Minister. Even ii he did not seek this ap- proval formally, Mr._v___ilsley__gkri_aw that these broadcasts were to be mode, and his“ silence concerning them raises them ta the level of a statement of Gokeriiment policy, says The Lef- fer-Review. w e I ‘l l ll in "Old Charlottetown" notes in yester- day's issue reference was made to our Robin or Thrush. "A controversy has arisen on the sub- iect of birds poisoning their young if threaten- ed with captivity," writes Sir W. Beach Thomas in The Spectator. "The Duke of Bedford, that great authority, seems to be among those who consider the belief a mere superstition, as his letter to the Field indicates. My own disbelief was not a little weakened by one experience. Lord Northcliffe tried to naturalizethe Ameri- can robin (which is a thrush) and breed a num- ber both in the wild and in captivity. Some oung were put in cages, where they were fed y the thrushes and blackbirds that had hatch- ed them out. Tlie local naturalist ‘in charge prophesied with confidence that at a certain date, as the birds became able to fly, they would be poisoned, and his prophe , was exactly ful- filled. At any rate, the birds died, and the man said that they iiod been given the hard tips of yew leaves. The birds, and they were numer- oes, left in the wild flourished greatly, but about this date clean vanished and nowiews of any of thorn was ever received. The urge to migrate took them to an unknown deem. A THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN iiotes By The Vlsy America's champion‘ new, which died at the ago of 17. pmaueed over 100.000 quarts of milk in 14 busy year-r. The oldest Si‘ “ * P011? in the world peered envey s-‘e- “I111? st the age of be in the Shet- land Isles. -—New York Times, If by lta fruit it shell be ‘ ’ ‘ the record of Roiery~as is the case with many similar clubs —- 1: one to inspire pride in such activities as those sponsored to old crippled children. to faster wholesome vnutli iriovements, to assist in civic and community welfare. liese are basic (act; which demonstrate adherence by the membership to the club ideal. They offer encouraging indloes of humanity's aspirations to de. Vclop beyond the narrow soope of self-interest. —Victoria Times. The Ottawa Journal recalls that on October 28. 1921, beef was selling on the market their at five cents a pound by the carcass. On October M. 1946 800d stccrs up to 1.050 pounds were selling at the Toronto live stock yards at $12.39 a him. drsdweishn and medium steers for $11.68 while the common variety brought $10 '10 ‘risking any of the 1946 prices they are more than twice that quoted at Ottawa in 1921. It must be remembered also that the 1946 prices are for rive weight and not for carcass. Yes. times have changed. —Fort William Times- Journal. Mr Elliott's eucceesar ea com- missioner of income tax is as diff- erent in type as it is possible for two men to be. I-‘riuik H. Brown recently has been holidaying in "ancouved. Before the wvsr he was a bank manage: tut. during it he exported various financial under- takings for the Government and lately has been financial adviser to the Department of Reconstruction. Last year, Mr Brown wrote n book “Pattern for Prosperity” wliicli dealt with Canada's flmnelnl posit- ion. Though he ls not certain he knows the solution for the ooun- tryls problems. he is willing to take an intelligent whack. One thing is sure. l-Ie will be backing Donald Gordon to the limit 1n a policy of gradual deooriirol of prices. If it means anything for future harmony between the two. Mr. Brown can match Mr, Gordon: fine baritone singing voice with one equally riob. -Vanoouver Sun. Work has begun on excavating two plank boats discovered embedd- cd in the banks of the River Hum- ber at North Elerrlby. a few miles from Hull. Ilse beats are at least 2.000 years old and efforts rwlll be made to dig them out. in a solld blorfc of clay and hnul them up the foreshore by slipping a sledge of steel underneath them. Mr C. W. Phillips of Cambridge University, who with Dr. Plenderleith. of the British Museum Research Labor- atory, is superintending the exca- vations, desccibes lhrm us the most interesting antique boats. found 1n this country. They are ii unique type of Humberside craft cer- tainly embedded in the mud when Julius Caesar landed. ‘they were made in plan}: farm. Mr. Phillips explains, sewn. with yew wlthles and cleverly countersunk 10 avoid wear. Possibly they paddled. They are certainly not. in the nncestriisl line of European sailing ships. l-le re- gards the discovery as of great 1m- portnnee in the history ct European winter transport. Only 30 feet, of one boat is left, and the other is 11.120111 3'1 feet long. —Lor.d0n Times. Now that the highways ‘of the world are open again a nuisance will be revived. It will bear chief- ly on civic officials and newspapers The usual fiend of people engaged on “stunt" trips will scon be with us. There are alwiiy. people think- ing up new ways of making their way across the country or around the world. Thev travel on foot, by bicycle oryby ancient car. They roll lioops. they drive golf balls. Eocli one originates some screwy angle f0 make his trip distinctive. In every wwn or city. they make two calls. One is on the mayor and the other oi the newspaper dfice. ‘They cisny a register which 1m Chief Magist- rate must stern, with a photo, of mus-so, being taken of the ceremony When they must sec a reporter and grant an interview", The results of story and pictures go into n dog- c-ared scrap book. N0 purpose served by these stunt tripe. Act/uislly they have no obj-Jet other than to gel a. lot of pubficlzy for the morons uhocenguge tn them. and incident- ally to relieve them of the neces- sity of doing honest work. The pli- grlms achieve nothing except to make utter bores of themselves, taking up the time o! busy men in order to 4:: their smirking feces in the newspnpers. Personally, we are tired of in: whole lot of them. -——WindSOl‘ Star. 1i. was e , ‘sir emperor vrlsa wariied'~’hls tax ‘bllectors that. the duly of the sncplierd wee tn shear liis flock and not in flay it. The warning mlgm bc- passed onto the Minister of Finance. Mr. Ilsley. when the Ottawa Civic Hospital Board asks htni for a change 1n t new income fox amendment whlc threatens to bring about the re- signations of 48 married nurses from on iilreody inadequate staff. Married women whose incomes ere calculated with those of their hue- bandr for income tax assessments. vuouc FORUM ' This column la open to ttie dleaaoelori o: com A o‘ .. , a " interns. The uni-roman» l , corrupting-Eta. _ WAR. VETERANS COMPLAINT Sin-It. is claimed that the chaniu i-u the Veterans Land Act. 111- creasing the acreage requirements for small holding projects from 1 1-2 to three acres is an improvement To show haw unfair this lekislis- flan ls, I may say that I applied to the local Vetemnii Land Office to obtain an advance on my half share in a mill properly. The pru- perty consists of about two acres. The mill is in running condition and my purpose was to lake it aver entlrebz and also build e house for myself on an adjoining piece of land. I was told I could get no advance for this purpose. because I did not have the requir- ed three acres. As there ls no more lend ta be obtained in this vicinity, that means that l em shut out entirely of benefiting under this veterans‘ legislation. Surely that is riot what the Parliament of Canada intended when it peel- ed this measure. I em Sir. etc. WAII. VETERAN IIYMN SINGING REVIVAL Blr.- The September issue of s well known American magazine carried is picture of an old-fashioned “hymn-slng" lri a field on the farm of Senator charlrs Tobey in New Hampshire. Seated an a kitchen chair before an upright piano the Sexiator played ncc-ampaniments for 800 people of all ages. who lied come for the 33rd annual l-lymn Sing. On the hilltop farm they played in unison, listened to n Scripture reading and a 20 minute address and joined in old familiar choruses Hymn Bingo have been an Am- erican custom since the Pilgrim Fathers formed the habit. of singing Pslams at their gatherings. Psalm 50 teats tnus: “whosoever offerieth Praise glorlfleth Me". Pas. 108, 3 tendo- "1 will Praise Thee Oh lord among tLe people. and I will sing praises ur-to Thee among all the Nations." In my youth on Prince Edward Island we played trve organ 1n our homo. Young people gathered around and we sang hymns. espec- ially on Qllndrsy afternoon and sometimes evenings as well. We knew nothing of the jazz music that 1s very prevalent these days with their phllpport tunes. As we get. neuter to the Christmas holidays it ls very tithing that. we gather around the fireside in the luome or churches and have e joyous time singing Christmas hymns. I em. sir. He. MAY EATON, Pnselene, California. POTATOES AND FREIGHT RATES Sir,-In the news-columns 1 nee an item saying that "the largest shipments of potatoes from the Maritime Provinces in some years are now under way"; also that “Before the last car is handled it is expected that at. least 10.000 railway cars will have been re- quired for the transportation of 0.000.000 bogs. Mainly from Prince Edward Island and New Bruns- wick, the 450.000.0011 pounds of potatoes are going to all putts of eastern Canada for table use, end to the United States. from Maine ell the way ta the Red River Val- ley district of North Dakota, for seed. This is a long-haul business and 1t would be interesting to hear who; kind of a freight-bill those potatoes pay? As one bf the finel consumers, almost 800 miles ‘o the west of those potato fields, I note uneasily the suggested need at the railways for is 30 per cent increase in the freight ‘rates. Naturally. these higher charges will tend to get passed on to “the end men" along that potato pipeline-l e-. the primary producer on the one i‘ end. and yours truly\on the other. This is not; n pleasing prospect. If the railways must have some ex- tra millions of dollar; with which to pay higher costs and higher wages (to already well-paid war-k- ers) I suggest that they saddle the burden onto the luxuries rather than the necessities of‘ life? It should be notional policy to move the people's "food", especially in its m-w material or unprocessed form, at minimum rather than maximum retest After all. Sir. without "food" the rest of our complex Canadian economy wouldn't amount, to muclil While I've my pen in hand, I suggest. that maybe, if the child- ren of Prince Edward Island had the job of choosing 1 floral em- blem for- P. l. I. (in Alberta the little folk char; the Wild Rose) new find, that. by t introduced by the inir nter at the lnil. session of Parliament. 1f they earn more than e750 s yeat- lees than s15 a week-their income tex exemption allowance cut in two and beeriries the _ exit. of that of a bsonelor. Naturally. pltel 1f lier eerntrige instead augmenting die family meet-i the tsx exemptions which teen granted. serve more generous treatment l theee days of er and. women-parrot. certainly should not find their so unremuneratlve that they complain that they are virtual toned out of their noetd ewe Ultimo. I n married women sees little ed- viintege in undertaking the strenu- ous wot-k of en understaffed he; lmpuon IIWOIIIQ. tier husband would otherwise have Joint Incomes de- sliortsgos 0d nisn- , And one as both worlt. And \ Ltex rate le only mgr-ii, pow specially qualified met-tied nutlee per eeri lower than oars. We don't tree; 01t- uie t don't flifillome o! willeereteeeheektepeonere eteaeeebolte» lir.--The new income applying to ‘LIX ex- employed tnsrried women is, I think, e geri- etoue one In view of the feel. that eeroq the line the exemption is only llill per person with en eit- tns esoo fot eeeh dependent. Tut week pin money. The trouble lsu been that we ere too ready to listen to alarm- lrts. Even many intelligent people don't; understand the income tax and repeat some of the mo-it i‘ stories of confiecetory taxation such er having more take- homo money 1f you 11y off e day e week than if one worked Actually the tex lien never coat anybody with en income under $2700 over 35c on the dollar al income or any money they might have earned. and less in most. cases. _ According to the new regulations a wife's income of less than I250 1's not baked, When her income is in excess of $250 but not over I150 the $1500 exemption of the husband will be reduced by the amount which the income of the wife ex- ceds $250. If both ‘ncoiriez rue 1n excess of srso each will be taxed as a single person. There seems to be one unfair feature or over- sight: in this. The $250 exemption should be added ta the husband's even after the wife earns e750 as there ,ls a point whore e 810 in- crease in her income (from 9'50 to $780) means n. boost of $02.50 in his tax. For example: Husband's income $1750, wife's $750, his tax will be $180 and hers none. Ar nizalnsi. husband 81150. wife S760. his fax is $242.50 and she pays $2.20. Figure it out for yourself. The tax rates for 1047 are: On the first $250 of taxable income-M per cent. Prom $250 to 01000-25 per cent. From $1000 to 32500-48 per cent. l I sm- Sir. eto. JOHN W. GILBERT. Hanover. Ont, CAMPAIGN IN ITFTII PRINCE Sin-The political campaign in Fifth Prince ls warming up as the fateful dsy approaches, and sup- porters of each contestant are on their toes_ so to speak -1n re- doubllng effort to register a win. Both candidates possess personal appeal. whlchvpilfe choosing on this score practically out of the run- ning. This being so, decision on how to vote must be determined on more practical considerations. The present may be one of these particular occasions when the ree- ord of the government 1n power alone must be placed under scru- tiny and analysis, and comparison made as between promise and per- formance, This may be the time to administrate s timely rebuke es an indication that electors of the pro- vince are averse to being rantin- ually fooled by fantastic hallucina- tlon and perpetual bubble blowing. Such. has been the record of the present government. piecing upon 1t the most charitable interpreta- tion, and the Electors of Bummer- slde and adjacent rural areas in- volved have a glorious opportunity of expressing the desire of the people of the province for rome- thlng more practical and substan- Ciel. Judging from the trend of thought. es expressed through the press and over the radio. it is not the desire of the Lbersl petty. or the intention of its campaign man- agement, to divulge to the people the mariner of government pur- sued. precedlng its many failures. tn practical administration and pro- jected theory riow on record. It ls. rather, their intent to go round-s- bout such vital issues. and lnvelgle the voters into by-puths of discus- sion that are frivolous, inconse- quenllel and meaningless. In substantiation of that esti- mate, we have but to refer to radio isddresses- subsequently published -by representative party support.- ers. and lnstaneed as their heft- 1‘ t argument we find that. use old, rn out, punctured contention that "if 1| always wise to keep !"ed- eral and Provincial governments in lime." Of courre, this was always favorite Liberal doctrine when the occasion was propitious. otherwise, to be ignored ea n situation of no COHSBQUGIIC: and eisnitigless. Then again-we are told it would be unwise to elect ii Progressive Conservative because that would be adding to the opposition, and whet we required was “more cooperation’! It must be conferred the signifi- cance of tho-t line of reasoning, in its isppllesllonyta the present legis- lature, is rather difficult to grasp. It should be remembered. and can be recalled that. every measure of consequence coming before the legislature since the advent of the present sdmlmfralion would nave been velueleu. becnuse there was not. one member. 111 the council of the government, capable of drafting legislation that wiuld stand the test of even superficial scrutiny, and had it not beerr for the "cooperation" extended by the opposition the House might still be in its original session. Itjls as significantly eprntent, as it 1s uii- fortutintely admitted. there In no "TOODOPIHOII" in the gaveanmen‘ es constituted today.- Neefly n year ego a previous b -_ Election we: hekl in Bumrnersi . or Fifth Prince, end, in considera- eubeervlent lo en Attorney Jen- erel. who dose not. represent is 01000 for men and vvlfe wtiettie their 1 oration" the government is elem “ first thelrvvoinen refuse to .1 aireeeeilit of tsx ‘ ‘ " 10'- 9" 111 i110 P101011! "Mil" Conservative petty. who. vvtieri the "5." '° “"1 SMITH e indent rover-unions never opportunity u-rlvee, win reeoeiiire DI. A. . std envthirle for lurrimmide. and lummetsldd ee it merits, one PFHOO “NT,” r never will, of e constructive riet- county lb the government tin-n m ti m ~ A teed m. town beilg-aaiietluted- a ' irs armi- MM u , latest-Innis! “nominate-y tsrmllneto. orrigipemesoll-i repiidhtielel m- i a II‘ 1M lion fos‘ the people and for whom the xnveen- combined tndlga rrient ties felled to provide a cum, fluflcllly s: the treetni and lumrnmlde continues tro ‘is meted out to our bown. denied representation in tiv- gov- ernment. Il that the type of "coop- The Toll of Disease (Royal Ben's Monthly Letter) (Continued from yesterday.) After discussing the leugl-hemng of life expectancy, the article goes on: “The very young eud the very old require greater care arid more of it in proportion to that needed by the ln-botweeriz. This 1| im- . ‘ ‘ because Canada's popula- ilon in the older age groups ta 1n- creeelug rapidly. It. is expected that in the ten yours starting 1n I045 the number o! persons 00 years of age and over will grow by some 20 per cent. Children "let's consider U10 children. Whooping cough causes more deaths under irwa years of age than dlpth- erla, monies and scat-lei. fever f0- gettier. This (not should send all mothers flying to the doctm‘ to have tables protected esrly, starting at about six months. Quebec pmvince had good results wnen 1t. com- bined w‘ ' ,, cough vaccine with dlptherlo tosold. ‘Ibere we: only half of one per con-i. o1 the protect- ed group afflicted with whooping ooueh. comps-red with 1.0 per cent of the children who were not given vaccine. None of the protected children died of whooping comb, while there were 23 deetihe BIIIM‘ the , cheated children. "Diphtheria has been wiped out in places where children are pro- tected by vwxold. Scarlet fever 1s not nearly so common us_lt. was. since toxin prevents the disease 1n about B0 per cent. of those 1m- mrunliied. "Itreto are. however. many child- ren in Canada woo do not receive the full benefits of existing know- ledge in medicine and public health. This is not always, nor mostly. be- oeuiie they are for sway from ‘fec- flitiee, Even in the heart of e city where e11 modern facilities are at hand to prevent illness end restore ailing people, there are children deprived of health and sentenced to shorter lives beet-use of prejud- ice on the pert of parents." Turning to dleouee of liner life. the Monti Lester remarks: "By saving babies from the ailments of infancy, by rescuing children from the soourges of dipnth ria and scarlet fever and typhol more people are growing up to become liable to t-he disc-secs of inter life- cancer. degenerative diseases of the but. and the recalled diseases of civilization: nigh bleed ttessuire end nervous disorders. “Rear-l disease heed‘. the 11st of tho ‘seven grout. killers’. These seven u»; not; confined to eny section of the country. nor to any class of population. 1n the United States they cause seven out of every twelve deaths, doing more havoc than all the other causes of death put. 1.0- getlier. The toll in Canada for every 100.000 people was-in 1944i heart, disease 248 8 denths;_ cancer 110.3 deaths; nephritis 59.6 deaths; hemorrhage of the train ‘l6 deotho; accidents 67.4 deaths; pneumonia 40.’! deaths, and tuberculosis 47 8 deaths. In other words. these seven killers take the lives of 00.000 Con- odious in e veer. m- 800.000 lives 1n s mere ten years "The sad thing 1s that. we are neglecting our chance to reduce the toll by early diagnosis and care. lerly Tr-eetzric ‘ "sci-ass ls laid by scientists upon curly treatment. Some heve 80M yo 1n;- op to soy Concei- is de- tected 1n the beginning stages, 100 per cent cure ls theoretically at:- telaable’. This quotation is from Ilygeia. published bytbe Ameri- can Medical Association. But it. cannot. be dtscovciod 11111095 17116 dootoi- is given a chance to search. and this throws lne responsibility right. beck on ztie individual. It. is the pleinest, common sense on everyone; pert to give the doctor that. chance. even before suslilclflfll are aroused. 1c is not eood enouah to wait for n pain. bwww many growing begin without. pain- "In t berculosis, cgeln, the need la for earl recognition and treet- mene, 0f t deaths which occurred In sanetola durlrix the veer 1944- 15 per cent of the patients were dga‘ advanced on admission. and 1'1 peg‘ u; were moderately advanced. ‘Ihue. 02 per cent of those who died came too lute to be effectively t- ed. W116 thought. that tuberculosis tr eoriq ed is a handicap. Tuber- culosis cannot be beaten until ever? citizen realizes the obligation he has tD iatesusra titan-elf by. 1N- quent medical inspections.‘ The Army's lxperlfllloe In conclusion tlio article llYli c! heavy sees. the upper deck. sbeft tlse wry highest? And do not lose examination which disciosed disease: NOVEMBbo‘. 23, 19- 384 0mm —~_.i THE WOODSPURGE The wind (lapped louse. m- w,“ ‘Yes still, ‘ ’ ‘i Shake mltdeadfro i, -._ -, 1 lltdwzillked on iii This“ ! eat twirl-for the wind was 51.111 3915799" m? 1m“! 071i‘ forehead was- MY lips. dre/wn in, said not alas. MY lie-Ir wee over 1n the grass. ' My naked ears heard the day pax. My eyes, rwide open, had the run Of some ten weeds to flx upon; Among those few, out of the sun, The WOQd-SPUFKE flowered. m... cups in one. From bizorfect grief there need not Wisdom or even memory: Orig thing then learnt remain; r0 me.- The woodspuzge lhas a cup of 111mg —D. G. Rossetti, 701d _ C ha rloiieioiiri (And P.E.l.) I055 0F THE FAIRY QUEEN 0n the seventh of October. lass, a std catastrophe took place iii the loss of the steamer Fairy Queen, The boot left Charlottetown 0n s, Friday forenoon, Shortly after getting clear of Point Prim, m, vessel shipped a nee which broke open the gengwnys. Wlhen near Plciau Island tho ‘IllCI-POPQ brdce, and arsother heavy sea was slilpped, The nope was, with the assistance o1 some of the passengers, spliced; l: t the vessel moved very slowly, e captain and some qt the crew got into I ooat and drifted awey, regardless of the fate of the female passengers. Anton; th- passengers were Mr. Martin I, Wilkins, of Plctou, Mr. Lydlard. Mr. Prince, Dr. MoKenzirend others. After having been aubloctod to a series the funnel. separated from the meta body of the vessel, en-l provident- lally constituted an admirable raft. by which a number of passengers were saved. among n-hom were Meme. Wilkins, Lydlard end Plneo. who landed on the north side of Merlgomlah Island. after eight hours cf exposure to the storm and cold. Dr. McKenzle— an excellent young m other trwa mules, nail four fem es perlaheii- Campbell's l-lls- (DIT- slgbt of the fact, that. the medics! at. the time the men tried to get: fntn the army would have revealed them Just so surely if there 1M been zio war and the men lied Sine to a medical practiiwmer for e checku . "All pmen who wenl 1111011011 service were given another cxsai- tnetlon on discharge, and the gov- eminent, provided treatment. which should restore any loss of health. Thousands of rnui know the! would have gam- through life handl- capped and disabled but for the collective skill of the medical 011lo- crs. of whom there were more 111811 5,000 in the Canadian lirroes. It ll urged upon these ex-servlcemvn 11111! now being launched 1n 61111111111 “l” with the best start medical science can provide, they shuulvl give them- selves every chance in; (‘Qllflllllga good riesm. or etlllns “we 1° medical and dermal doctors It! thorough QXI-IIUILIi-ion every “R1111; gy, it not oftener. It. W0 good i; everyone did the some." —Pi'ofessional 0111i! NEIL W. HIGGINS ‘CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Currie Building Charlottetown W- W‘ £1212’. .1. A. McGUlGAN. M- .' nouns. ETC- BARBISTER. SOLICITOR cuisine BUILDING 3x3».- MORRELL and COMPANY Chartered Aocountnuh lantern ‘trust Building Q Phone 1M1 -‘ B»: 11“ Charlottetown B. M. SEARS. 0J1- lfesldent Partner i’; “Cemsdn suffered a rude Jolt. to its iieiim ogdnlipllecencv‘ mm xewfleq exan- no 2m‘ m uiiflt for ilervlce. 0f 1.200 ‘, 952 men examined. 367.030 W placed in category E; ‘Uuxuiteb for army service anywhere 1n I capacity’. llvwer ‘hen 1173:2111!" for the highest. Clieblll t. n. n “impart m; few with the 1111110“ cl‘_ y MIC IDOBD Njfifllkd w!" scores of thousands who could be “m,” up" by medical, surgical and dented attention, but they were not they _mlghf select the blollom of u,“ o, m, M. m, ,,,,,,__,__ _ yap-mun speoimerili This was not Chartered Accauniflflii the lowly potato? I'm not sure hm "omlngud g ]gwyg\' pg “it Canada's enpesloce alone. In the a 6am“ “n” lbwl the term "lowly". when one candidate. and that ills electlo: Unified Bhutan there we" 1"‘ “us; v Charlottetown remembers that the potato crop of you" m“, i; polllblg to in" q ion men between 1e and S! N190!‘ n‘ "-0. x liuroysg alone, eoeordlfig to rlie_ex- Amm,” 3mm], "pnumgm out at I5 million 11811130" °F "5' . CA perfe, " ’ 111 01111110 fir"! of the people, in the Executive "mi"! "'l°°'u H“. .01, ""5"" w" Mmnm" IPPTOIt-‘llfl 111 "l"! i119 W119" B"? Oopncll, and, incidentally. Sun- "m Tm b’ {QM-flu l ~ 0¢¢*'“ °i u" ""107 meflide e representative in tie Mil’ ‘in “my .7 l. ‘up, w; Y 1 t am. Blr n. _ l"""' 5° m‘ "°“ M LEOD i. sum! r Cabinet to which they ere r-ntltl tl ‘mam y“ “m, m", ha“ y” c A" 1555""!!- -the Progressive Oomervativo r- F - ‘wnlf 3.6. Tllffliilr- 0M- ty decided not to offer "oppoi- pensions made by e llflvlwl 3°11‘ Al‘ “mung: 1C. --—'*-'-'——-—— tloxi." What happened? The gave .- "rviuive government 111 l1" 1"‘ ' ‘ p N!" T5! 3x55177301" merit csndldetx wee elected by c- {greets of our educational tnstl- Barristers iinil Atlflfllffl" elrrnetlon, yet the province le z ill guuqne and requirements. Lgw This seems en Olllltfllrll"! °'-‘°" lteeton to express our e".ori most em- etii. oelrul r-sn do no most. effectively by ceetlnd our ballots 1n favor of Ireriole Ka- llell, candidate for the Ptoiiresslve We during the wot ~ vvvvvwvvv PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Ilia eerds end =1'°"l'"' “more pugs-amp, eoxrespondeneli typing and irookkeeiilur HELEN GIDDEN ueleplsorie IItiil-J not. No. 4. conneurht AP“ Iovrnel Street ii. l1. ooAiiEaTCB- Juvv iu rrlrm 81"" O e0oee0o0eeoeeeoe#"' ALEX W. MATHIESQN IAIIIITII. BOLICITOB-qf; Oltloai ll Greet Owflféglm,