. ates. in 1950 current and capital expend- i 070 a year for provincial government. PAGE roux , I TH E G UARDIAN. Cl-lARL(Yl”liE'i'Ol-'VN DECEMBER. 27. 19;; THE GU-ARDI-.AN Authorized as Second Clue Mall Post Office Department, Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publlahlng Ca CIIIUIJLATIUN 3.76.": 8.15") 257 ' 13.0-I8 loiul City Zone lietull Trading Zone All Other: Total Net Paid I'reIldent and Aaaoclato Editor. Ian A. Burnett. Auoeiato Editor. lfranll Waiiser. f'The Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink". Ci-IARLOTTETOWN. THURSDAY. mac. 27, 1951 They Also May Serve A great many opportunities for national service are restricted to those living in large centres of population. The reserves of the fighting services and also civilian defence, so far as it is organized at all, tend to be concentrated in areas where they can both draw upon a considerable population for personnel and have avail- able the equipment needed to attain a high degree of efficiency. The contrary is the case with the pro- posed ground observer corps of the R. C. A. F. Instead of it being a disadvantage to live in a remote area, it is essential that the great majority of members be scattered throughout the length and breadth of the nation. It is a more or less simple mat- ter to keep track of aircraft near import- ant flying fields or large cities but to ob- tain rapid reports on other flying in this vast country it is necessary to recruit and train observers, many of whom must live "back of beyond”. That there will be a ready response to the opportunity can be confidently predicted. Watching Soviet Propaganda Tass, a Russian news agency, but pri- marily engaged as a medium for the distri- bution on a global scale of Communist prop- aganda, has had its claws clipped by the re- cently elected Government in Britain. Claiming to be a department of the Russian State and in consequence entitled to diplo- matic immunity against court proceedings under the Libel Act, Tass had frequently made damaging statements about various persons in particular, refugees from East-. ern Europe. Operating a listening post tuned to Moscow radio, it distributed to certain newspapers and others the Red broadcasts. That service has been banned. Tass has been informed that its facilities- will be curtailed until it waives immunity to the Libel Act-a course which was ta- will not be paid for in cash but by borrow- ing, it would appear that on current ac- count the provinces as a whole will enjoy a revenue surplus which- has been custom- ary since the middle years of the war. Despite these surpluses the provinces have been going steadily into debt. Their total direct debt, less sinking funds, was 3843.8 millions in 1926 and by 1950 had reached 332.0774 millions, the Bank of Canada states. This yearls borrowings by many provinces will increase the total. If indirect debt, such as the guarantee of various bonds, is included, the total obliga- tion of the provinces now stands at over 352,800 millions. ' "It may appear at first sight surpris- ing," notes the Winnipeg Free Press, "that debt has been rising though the provinces have enjoyed current budget surpluses for many years; The explanation is to be found in heavy borrowings for. capital ex- penditure. The interest on money borrow- ed for such purposes must be met annually and at some point repayment also becomes a current cost to be met through annual taxation. It would seem that while the provinces have been creating new debt through capital investment, they have not been using their annual surpluses provident- ly to reduce the dead weight of debt and the cost of supporting it." As a result, the net cost of interest on provincial debt, the Bank of Canada states, has risen from 321 millions in 1926 to the 1951 figure of 352.5 millions. EDITORIAL NOTl:S Yesterday was practically the first of the business week. 3 0 0 Many millions, we are told, went to church Christmas day. But not to any extent here where not a few of the churches were closed that day. I C O The safety record over Christmas is re- markably good, particularly in view of what must have been about the most treacherous driving conditions on record. 0 Some members of Parliament must be wondering if the present Special Session, called only to deal with old age assistance, is not going to run into the next regular session early in the year. 0 Practical Christianity has made ad- vances in recent times. The poor, the fathcrless, the aged and the sick received special attention at Christmas but do not suffer from complete neglect for the next ken because a court in 1949 had held that, the agency was entitled to diplomatic priv-' ilegcs. . That. immunity is now under the con- sideration of a parliamentary committee. Recently it was strongly urged that as noth- ing more than an espionage agency, Tass should be banned from the Press Gallery at Ottawa. Provincial Budgets ! AA... I Recently attempts have been made by, :1 Senate committee, the Bank of Canadal and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to analyze provincial expenditures. The re-I twelve months. I Outdoor skating has an attraction that lures even those who have not donned iskates in years as well as youngsters. The lnew-found enthusiasm should rebound to ithe advantage of attendance at regular rinks. Reading of the loss of life in fires should cause everyone to note and remove the hazards they daily encounter. Recognizing a dangerous situation of practice is a good O 0 deal more useful than diagnosing the cause afterwards. ; a 9 at Charles Lamb, English essayist, died suits vary, since slightly different periods? are covered by the different inquiries. buff the steady upward climb of provincial bud-i gets is not in dispute. The figures of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics are the most comprehensive, since they include capital as: well as current expenditure. Taking thcl differing fiscal years of the provincial gov-I ernments and using those of the year end-j ing nearest December 31, 1950 (in most, provinces this means the fiscal year 1950-1 51). the Bureau calculates all provincial ex-f penditure at .”51,023,713,000. In the fiscal! year ending March 31, 1952 (all provinces, being on that basis now) this figure is ex- pected to rise to fl51,067,770,000. According to the Bank of Canada, in .1926 the provinces were spending only 58124.5 millions on current account (capital expenditures at that time not being stated.) From then on current expenditures rose rapidly, reaching 0198.6 millions in 1933;? 58275.7 millions in 1937; 0346.3 millions in 1945; 35616.7 millions in 1948 (almost doub- ling in three years): and 3724 millions in 1949. As the Bureau of Statistics calcul- itures stood at just over a billion dollars and will reach 51,067,7770,000 in the cur- rent year. The commitments already being made by many provincial governments ap- parently assure a still higher total in the next year. At present, therefore, Cana- dians, in addition to bearing a heavy weight of Federal taxation. enhanced by the dc- fence programme, in addition to carrying municipal taxation totalling some 5700 mil- lions, must pay a per capito cost of about As against thin year's expected total expenditure, current and capital, of s1.067 millions, the provinces are expected to col. lect 0924 millions. Since large items of ;Tax). this date 1834. Such children's works as ”Talcs from Shakespeare" have long been popular but it is for his essays, many pub- lishcd under the name Elia, that Lamb is famous. His charm of character and his whimsical humour shine through his writ- ing and the essays have the fascination of the living voice. 0 Finance Minister Abbott, whose surplus is the envy of every finance minister in the world, (and collected from Income has been invited to tour Western Germany in an endeavour to get that coun- try on its economic feet so as to be of ma- terial assistancc in revivifying Western in- ternational trade and commerce. 0 of The suggestion that Quebecls provincial election will take place in March is doubted at Ottawa, as that would mean interference with spring farming operations and result in a reduced number of voters at the polls. Premier Duplcssis depends heavily on the agriculture vote, and it. is unlikely he would wantonly sacrifice that by an early elec- tion. The only hfarch election in Quebec was in 1892. O O C The House of Commons. or at least the official Opposition, are perturbed at the prospect of the application of closure on the debate on the abolition of fixed prices by manufacturers or wholesalers. This clos- urc means merely confining speeches to 20 minutes each, and when all have spoken to call for a vote. It has been applied prevlopsly both by Liberals and Conserv- atives. first in 1913, then in 1926, and again in 1932. It is a means adopted to present undue delay in passing legislation by too manygand too long speeches; in a. word to Illii.'.L”.!k.!l8li'lI.ll..1!J'-ill '9” Meet- overeomrorgenized obstrwnloa. . . 7 A was-vlv)-&-ttwstgvuet ..?z-rung, . Q i Old Charlottetown. (And P. E. L) DR. WALSITS JOURNAL l Recently acquired by the Pub- lic Archives at Ottawa was the manuscript of a ”Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to Que- bec," by Dr. Edyvard Walsh, an Englishman who'came to Canada in 1803 as a medical officer of the 49th Regiment. His documents were salvaged from the old fam- ily papers in Ireland by the writ- er's grandncphew, a Colonel R. H. Walsh of Romscy, Hampshire. England. Sailing from Spithead in August of the above named year, Dr. Walsh was aboard one of eighteen vessels that were con- voyed by a British frigate and cutter. His writings detail the six weeks' trip to the port of Char- lottetown and he remained here from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9. Photostats of the pages of the journal relating to Prince Edward Island have been obtained at Ott- nwa by Mr. J. Angus MacLcan. M.P., and will be quoted from here. Chiefly they deal with the Islands geography and climate. its vegetation, animal life, history and conditions, of which a much fuller and more accurate account appeared three years later in John Stcwnrt's' well-known his- tory. But the Walsh journal has some original touches worth not- mg. The date of the author's arrival (Sept. 25) fell on it Sunday. "The wind having shifted during the night to the southward, early in the morning we bore up for Point Prim-the western extremity of the harbour of Charlotte Town- and at noon we came to anchor in the middle of the basin abreast of Charlotte Town. soon after which we went ashore, and the Quebec party took up their quarters at an indifferent Inn kept by a Mrs. Hutchinson." Hillshorough Buy, "capable of maintaining nil the Navy of Eng- land." impressed the writer very favorably: "hut. Cardigan or Three Rivers Bay on the east side is esteemed still superior-it is undoubtedly much easier of ac- cess. being equally convenient for ships pussintt Ihro the Gut of Cnnso. or coming round Cape North. of Cape Breton." By far the greater part, of the Island. "perhaps seven I-ighlhs." was coxcrcd with woori. The trees In general were slender, fcw (xx- cecding in foot in diameter, with Family Time V3-M BR011462- 5ISTER- HOME - FROM soon cott as g . -.-.-.-. -.-.-.-a-i.-.-u-.-.n.-o.-u-.-u-.-.v- The Age-Old Story; ' fat ."nV'a"b'u'-'a'e'e'e'a'b'h'h'b'-'ln'flul When Jesus came into the coasts of Cwesnrca Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Bap- tist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom any ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jana: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee. but my Father which is in heaven. And I any also unto thee, That thou art Peter. and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Floating "Ice Islands" (Sault St. Marie Star) No less than four floating ice islands have been discovered in the Arctic Ocean within the past five years. Two of this islands are of great size - 300 and 400 square miles each, and 240 to 1,600 feet thick. The other two are smaller. Mystery as to their origin exists. but they probably have broken off Ellesmere glacier. on Canada's Ellesmere Island. If this theory is correct, the youngest of the is- lands is centuries old; the oldest perhaps thousands of years. Since they've been sighted, the islands have not diminished in size. Melting a little in Summer but making up the deficit in Winter. they should last for centuries more. Their potential scientific value is immense. as stable platform from which measurements of wea- ther. currents. magnetic fields. gravitational forces. and the topog- raphy of the ocean floor can be made. The first island scientific base will probably be established within a year. Strategically the islands are val- uable too. Airfields to accommo- date the largest bombers could be built on them without difficulty. They are several hundreds miles closer to Russia than nearest land bases. and their great thickness -would make them impervious to bombs or torpedoes. no undcrwood. Most numerous were the spruce acious of the soil. that it is im- possible to cxtirpnte them. No sooner is as lracl clcnrcti of wood. ,lh1IH H loung grove of spruccs springs up." 'I'hc limmcclialcly ghemlock pine. ”one of the gros- iscst and lullcst in the country. grows straight to the height of 130 feet and is found sometimes (3 ifccl in cirvlinifcrcnt-c." Of thisi tree the writer notes that "they make beer of the dccoction of the tops, which is esteemed far sup- erior as sin aniiscorhulic to lhut made from any spruces." Ram. cities for scurvy were much sought after in those duys. Of native birds. two kinds of Darlridges are noted. "Both perch on trees nnd are such foolish birds Hunt in whole covey may be shot one after the other. The na- llVCS take them by ll noose fixed to :1 tall slcndci wand which they slip over the birds hcml nnd so pull it down from its perch." Plover and snipe -in nbundance are mentioned. also "a large species of thrush with a red breast. which on account of its familiarity is cnlled -11 Robin." Reference is made to blnckblrds. snow birds, humming birds ('3) and flocks of wild pigeons, "of birds of prey there are Black and Grey Eagles. Kites. Hawks, 'Owls, Rooks, Crows, Jnys and Wood. pcckers." I Oltflsh. then as now. 'cod. mack- erel. herring. bass and haddo' aboundcd. with ample supplies of salmon. sturgeon.-perch and eels in the rivers and buys. Lobstere and oysters were in such abun. dance that "a middling sized boat may be loaded with them in 2 or 3 hours." The writer. however. found them "inferior In flavor to those of Europe." Seals and sea cows ;were frequent on the coast. Fox breeders will be interested in the mention of "red. silver. grey and black" varieties of this animal in Dr. Walsh's journal. Bears. polecats. wild cats. marten. muskrnts. squirrels and hares are also noted. . The Ielend'e freedom from fog in contracted wiuuthe conditions common in Newfoundland. Cape Breton and Nova Scotle. It: backwerdneos as neolony he attri- butes rightly to the ebeentoc landlord system. Of its million- odd acree. not more than 7.000 pine, "so ten-I g tieh pioneer... iwcre cleared and in a slate of cultivation. Several large tracts iof the best land, v'hirh had been :c-lezurctl and cultivated by the .Acadians, had now relapsed into in wilderness condition. "There are 17 flour nnd 5 saw mills at pre- ,scnt established: formerly thcrei 'were twice as many." 0 . AwAY FROM T I HOME 5h&v..unf5::;T chad? ll mcnts of listed of nuul monthly pensions for 700.000 Can- adians 70 years of age and over and similar pensions for 145,000 of those in need between 65 and '70 years of age. 486 disabled veterans uerumeo ms .103 A ll it 'Vrf..,-;e';;;x. EVER SO HUMQLL --2 .4 AN OLD SONG RE-SUNG I saw a ship a-sailing. a-sailing, a-sailing, with emeralds and rubles and sap- phires in her hold; And a bosun in "a blue coat. bowl- ing at the railing, Piping through 3. silver call that had a. chain of gold: The summer wind was failing and the tall ship rolled. I saw a ship a-steering. a-steering. a-steering, with roses in red thread worked upon her sails; With sacks of purple ametthysts, the spoils of buccancering. Skins of musky yellow wine, and silk in bales, Her merry men were cheering. hauling on the brails, I saw a. ship a-sinking, a-sinking, a-sinking, with glittering sea-water splash- ing on her decks. with seamen in her spirit-room singing songs and drinking, Pulling clmet bottles down, and knocking on the necks. The broken glass was chinklng as she sank among the wrecks. -John Maseileld. The Session Al Ottawa A. i-lume in the Ottawa Citizen) . A review of the fifth seslion of the 21st. Parliament. now drawing to its close reveals an impressive list of legislative ac- (J. complishments, many 05 "Wm 01 importance. the maior the session might the following: 1. Approval of a 2-2-2 formula income. corporation and sales the s380,000.000 an- of universal S40 far-reaching . Amongst achieve- be taxes toward cost 2. Increases of from 38.3 to 45 percent in the pensions for 161,- of World Wars I and II. 19,759 wnr wid- ows, and 124,000 dependent child- rcn thereof. muklm: an addition- al cost of 327,916,885 annually to the federal treasury. . .'l-. Graded salary increases for upwards of 211,000 members of the Civil Service, RCMP, and the armed services. at on additional cost of about 543000.000 annually. 4. An amendment. to the Com- 1" Qh"”0”9i0W" iii” h0”5”S-liincs Investigation Act outlaw- Lnumbcred seventy-two. nil 0 ing resale Pryce maintenance wood, the newest erections being practices. (The Conu-ova,-3181 dc. ilhc BMW"-'k5 ""5 Sh Pmws bate, on this measure continues Church. The author adds quaintly lthat "the streets are purted off Ifrom the fields by wooden pull- lings and produce fine herbage." At this time Fort Amherst lmd been dismantled, but there re- mained ”n Block House. which makes signals at. the Harbour mouth. and a Fort at the Point of Charlotte Town of 24- poundcrs." The garrison consisted greater number of farmers on the Island. These he describes as be- ing "ignorant. indolent and sel- fish in the extreme." as having "no fdena of agriculture." and as being "contented to clear away some wood in n slovenly manner. in order to breed cattle from which they derive their sole sub- ' t " In 1 he adds. "of this vet-y.defectlve system of colonization. a stranger on his arrival at the Inland, find: every necessary of life dearer and more difficult to procure than in the Metropolis of the British Em- plre." This is the sharpest note of erltieem sounded in the journal. and may well have been inspired by some perlonal affront. At any rate. the author was scarcely here long enough to form a just esti- mate of the virtues of the Scot- Though hie vlelt oceured only A few weeks after the arrival of the Selkirk eettlerl at Belfut, he make: no mention of title important event. Further excerpts from Dr. Walsh's journal will appear short- ly in this column. but the government proposes to push it through! 5. Establishment of a three- man St. Lawrence Seaway Auth- ority to spend up to &'300,000,000 for the deepening of the St. Law- rence-Greut Lakes waterway sys- tem, either in co-operation with the United States or for Canada to carry out the project on her own. of two companies of foot and 4 5. App,-ow,1 ,,y un ugrocment aT”"'3V.l'm9"- The"! Wire ills” between Canadian and Ontario three companies of "Native Mll- government, whereby om”-10 Ma." will put up about s2oo.oo0.000 for ' ' ' the development of 1.000.000 S0n1CVt'hl'TC H1008 ""3 ""9 "19 horsepower of electricity on the writer must have fallen foul of st Lm.,.,.em.c. the "5C0iPh HiSll'3"ld0'i5v" in 7. Authority for the Board 0 which cntcizory he places the Tmnsport Comminyoners to c. fcct equalization of the Canadian freight rate structure and pay- ment of n 57,000,000 annual sub- sidy to the CNR and CPR. rail- ways on maintenance costs for thc so-called "railway bridge" across Northern Ontario? 8. Approval of the deopatch of the 27th Brigade and two of the d eleven RCAP Iquudrons partzof Canade'l to the North At- lantic Treaty Organization in- tegrated forces belng built up there again the threat of Com- munlot aggression. - 9. Abolition of all regulations under the Foreign Exchange Con- trol Board Act. Other business this season. of slightly it'll importance. might be listed as follows: . 1. Legislation to provide 86.-' 250.0(1) annually as additional financing-for the Canadian Broad- cuting Corporation for the next four year: beyond continuance of the 82.50 annual radio licence fee. 2. Special 820000.000 emergency credit errengemente to aid Welt- ern wheat formers. due to flu- prccedented weather conditions, whereunder they have been un- tti Iiiurope as commlttmentl .. I N es By are being enforced Canadian soldiers nbroad from sending home puttlefleld sou- venirs. I-lacl such after its close. have been savefon this continent. And incidentally, is lot of crime might have been avoided. - St. Catharines standard. It happens in the best. of famil- ies. The "black sheep," that is. when Conductor Harry a Taylor took the Pennsylvania. Limited out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. the other night on his last: run he had a special train crew made up of six of his one, from engineer to flag- man. i. another son is 3 bus driver. Now, what can you do about that? - Christian Science Monitor. - in 1888 Sir Wilfred Laurler de-- clued that Canada had enjoyed "legislative independence absol- ute"' for fifty years. A pity Sir Wilfred isn't: here to talk to some of his successors, who are afraid that the word ”Dominion" makes eoloniale out of them. -Peterbor- ough Examiner. Windsor police are cracking down on under-age youths in beer parlors, arruting six one night. Most. youths who start: drinking do no because they think it is the smart thing to do. If they only understood. they would know the really smart thing to do is to leave liquor alone. Starting to drink at an early age just isn't smart; it's stupid. It isn't. too smart at any age. - Windsor Star. so the police have made liquor raids on some Vancouver night. clubs again. so they've rounded up a cartful of booze from under the tables and booked some citi- zenston having liquor in I. public place. The aim of the law was en- forcing the law. But it is a law that has been flouted right and left all over the province for years. This bottle-under-the-table tlppllng in cabarets and dance- halla has been going on with mock secrecy for so long that it has be- come standard social practice for those members of the public who like 9. drink when they go to of night club or 9. dance. Yet the law says that this sort of thing 151” Dermltted. - Vancouver Province. The Allan Moses collection which was entrusted recently to the care of the Grand Manan High school is best known for its muunt-ed sea. birds. But it includes also a great many curiosities of Nature, among them a lobster which could have made a meal for an entire household. and a full house at that. The overall length of the giant was three and a half feet, and-it weighed from 25 to 30 Pounds. Really big lobsters are very rarely caught. it's not that they aren't down there. crawling around the sandy bottom of New Brunswlcl-rs coastal waters, but their very size prevents them from getting into the traps. one fish dealer comments that the largest lobster he has ever seen - and he has handled millions of pounds of them- weighed fifteen pounds. The only reason it fell into the ?: crop in the manner. 3. Amendments customary orderly to the Govern- 4. An increase. in the Govern- 5. Approval of a protocol ex- panding the 12-member state North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- Admlnistratlon Act replacing the Consolidated Revenue and Audit Act and other financial statutes. '7. Amendments to the Na- tional Gallery of Condo Act on- larging the board of trustees .from mcnt policy to proceed with con- glnecr to conduct ll further in- vestigation on the proposed 0103.- 000.000 irrigation and power dam on the South Saskatchewan River. 10. Amendments -to the Civil Service Commission Act as to the salarler and tenure of office of the commissioners. Most controversial subject at the session has been that con- cerninz the abolition of resale ptlcc maintenance practices. The official opposition levelled sharp criticism at Defence Min- later Brooke Claxton for what. it claimed was an important an- nouncement of government policy outside Parliament in a recent speech at Rotterdam. The union now more business referred to committees for de- tailed conllderation and report than perhapu ever before in any session. A special committee on defence expenditures just had time to begin its work. A noteworthy feature about the eculon was the great extent to which government legislation implemented the major recom- mendetione of . earlier appointed royal eotumiutone. Thele included "M Tlltlnn comml-sldn on na- tional transportation problems. the Money commission on na- tional development of the one, letter: and sciences. and the In- terim report of the MucQuarrlc able to harvest and reell their committee on operations of the Combine: Investigation Act. . - .v r s :-:4?yi.-'- ..EF.T1 Regulation: of a strict nature hands of the fishermen to prevent -egulatione been enforced during the last war and covering Just one item. Lugera, a lot of grief would the economy of and when the proper time come: the ment. Annuities Act raising the ntion here in Canada. oil, lum- amount of annuities which can bcr. milling. but booze barons are he llurchased from 01,200 to on the directorate, entrenched 32.400. solidly against the day when I ment Printing Bureau revolving nutio nllze -the liquor traffic. You operational funds from 52,000,000 sec, lr, how for-seeing the brew- lo 34.000000 annually. era are. prohibition in this Dominion: but some churches have adopted tln tlon to take in Greece nnd Tur- policy of nationalization of tin key as members. traffic. Take -out private profr 6. Approval of the Financial they sny. devote the income alcohol education. (ii) to amelior- ate the effects of liquor. Wlll!r('VPl possible. admitted that this is a very dil- flvc to nine members and effcct- flcult problem. The ('0flSiillliI0ll ing other improvements in its would have to be amended. The 0P91”8'-701191 let-lllh Canadian people would hate to 8. Amendment: to the Canada be educated to demand nation- Elecilonl AC1. nllzntlon: but this liquor pruhlvlil 9. Announcements of izoycrn- is becoming desperate; and '.n:uI.l' struction of a 522,700.00 cnuse- seriously of some effective v.x.v:ul way for vehicular and railway curbing the power of this Mil tmfflc across theistrnit of Canso that is so severely lhrcatenintl between the Nova Scotion mnin- the welfare of our country. land and open Breton Island and I om. Sir. air. for n co mlttee, headed by Wm. W. I. GREEN l-logg. former Ontario Hydro Stanley Bridge. Electric Power Commission on- mwu . m The Way 7 U wx was um it was sitting on top of the ma still trying stubbornly to nnd way to reach-the bait. inside, wim, the trap was hauled up. - s,-,1,” John Telegraph-Journal. it in going on 35 year: since Thu Journal began to use the column prepared by Dorothy Dix on focu- and emotional problems of the day. It is our oldest. feature (save the comic strip "Bringing Up Father") and still one of the mm popular of them. Miss Dix won as 9- Women viewing the pa.5s1,,x scene with tolerance and under, standing and 9. sense of humor and advice to adolescents on then crises. to married perkone in mag. ters of adjustment and repair, 3. women (and men too) seeking guidance. must have done an in. finite amount of good-because 1; was sound advice. New Miss D.x is dead. She was Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer of New Orleans and 5h. had lived 90 years, more than an of them given to her very wide correspondence and to her column Hers was. we are convinced. it use-' ful life, and The Jourhal is proud of its long association with Dom- thy Dix, feels it speaks for thous- ands of readers who have been aided by her experience, nu knowledge. and her philosophy when it laments be: passing. ' Ottawa hlaurnal. PUBLIC FORUM This column in open to the discussion by rrelpondents of question: of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily cndo the opinion of wrrespondentn. . WELL HEELED LIQUOR TRAFFIC Sir,-In this age money rep- resents a power that is frighten- ing. Its powers to lure men into temptation and fell strong men ranks next to the power oi Almighty God. It has brought tin American Nation to the brink oi ruin. The Senate Crime Com- mission has revealed flnancia' corruption in high places that ha: startled the nation. The liquor traffic, taking advantage of this power, has entrenched itself in the nations of America. Its agents are seen it the lobbies of Washington and of Ottawa. It is a well known fact that here, in Canada. huge sums of money from the liquor trade find their way into the campaign chests of both the old parties; brewing companies special legislation. These last years colleges have been very short of money; and when agents of brewing house: come along and shake twenty- ftve thousand dollars before the eyes of a college council. telling them. "Here are bursaries that will draw to .your classes bril- liant students and give to your college name". it constitutes a temptation that not every college council has been able to with- stand. We can easily guess the effect of such gifts upon our colleges. We can see the drink- ing parties and hear the suns! sung in praise of the brand of liquor behind the gifts. .Ynu see how serious this is for Canada and our democracy. No bounds can be set in tin money power in the traffic. Then is not any considerable corpor- claim movement might get afloat in There is no present prospect of (1) to compensation. (2) lo unil- Of course, it will readily ii” people are beginning to Hunk gm GET ill TIIE SCRAP - WITH , vouo SCRAP Iligliest cash price: pIId' for all types of scroll metal. A ound of scrap metal 9 a pound” of defence. I 1 We Are l'n.vinx ll" Scrap Car Batteries (1.15 Inch. P MAIIIIIGE II.li0K & 00-; I58 Kent St. 5 Phone 2208 - 0 m