PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN Authorized as Second Class Mail Pout Offto Department, Ottawa. The Inland Guurdlui Publishing Co. lalready gone one third of the way towardsl ithat ultimate possibility of which Profes- sor Higgins speaks. Within this process there is a large amount of money being taken from the people for their own "wel- THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN Spoilin.gTTh'e Pretty Picture Editor and Managing Director. Inn A. Burnett. Auocinto Editor. Fnnlt Walker. CIRCULATION "Cover: Prince Edward Island like the dew” l i t "The strongest memory is weaker than the weaken ink". CIIAIIIDTTETOWN WEDNESDAY. OCT. 14, I952: credit Unions pared with the easily broken individuall fare. government alone is taking about one bil- lion tax dollars each year. I " For ”welfare" purposes the federal It all comes down to the question of: how much people want to do for them-J iseliies and how much they would like lllCi lgovernment to do for them. says Thel iGazette. lfare payments, or social security, had as ”In its original conception, wel- ltheir object the relief of the poor and tlitg ; distressed. The Simile Of ill? bundle 05 SUCKS i'0mf '. upon the humanitarian aim of abolishing at i least the worst kind of poverty. They were said to be hascri But it is Sticks in the bundle is lligllly -”iDP1'0P1'ial9,doiibtful if that is the wa.V welfare Daysi for International Trade Union Day which is being observed this week. Tits: principle ,ments are regarded now. They have be- . ycome. very largely, a method of taking is not new, nor peculiar to the Credit Un- money away and handing moncy back. ion movement, but that movement is an They have become part of the pmcgss Of, outstanding example of the pooling of re-' sources which individually may be insignifi-; cant but which when combined representi important economic power. Men have always combined for security; and increased well-beinS- i There is a dang gPl' sometimes of attributing all virtue to: one particular form of organization. It was a decided advance when the joint stock company was invented. enabling enterprises in be undertaken which would have been far beyond the capacity of individual iii- vestors. Credit Unions are a specialized form of joint enterprise aimed specifically at strengthening the economic position of ”thcp little man." Because there are far more! individuals of modest means than well-to- do or wealthy the movement has a very important field indeed and that ability is far from lacking amongst its members is clearly demonstrated by the remarkable growth of Credit Unions and analagous organizations in almost. every part of the world. Their particularly impressive record in the Maritime Provinces is a flattering commentary on the quality of their mem- bership here. It shows that the ability to master economic problems is far more wide- spread than is generally recognized Anticipating Hallowe'en There is a marked difference between liallowc'eii in Charlottetown and Summer- side in recent years and the earlier goings- on. Instead of vandalism of every de- scription there has been an enjoyable spree of dressing up and mcrrymaking. A :!00fl time is had by all and little damage is done. In many parts of the Province, un- fortunately, the old order continues to pre- vail and it may be of interest to the peo- ple of the various conimuiiitles to consider wherein lies the difference. The essential difference has been that a great many citizens showed a determina- tion to give the youngsters a good time rather than merely make a show of force to prevent damage to property and tricks! against individuals. Citizens for years now have welcomed the dressed-up ,VOUng5l9il5, with apples and candy and sent them on their way. At the same time. with lhc lead of the iiinsmen. a great lIallOW9'9" party has been provided where all can 80 and enjoy a merry evening. I This and the organization 01' DFW8 parties provides a vent for the ielease'o high spirits so that the task of the P0llCi'. has been very much simplified. instead of large groups of youngsters being imbued, with the spirit of mischief and a feeling ofy tel 1gins' suggestion of a governiiicnt taking having the government take care of the people's money for them. "if anyone is shocked at Pi'ofcs.-or llir:- away every cent a person earns. let him be shocked first at how much the govern- ment is taking from him now. The line of taxation has been moving upwards. From. one third it could gradually creep upwards: toward one half, and then onwards." l Professor Higgins believes that the movement upwards to I00 per cent tax-p ation could be accomplished ”without any, economical effects whatsoever.” Even ill this staggering suggestion is accepted, there would remain many other effects. The English writer, John Stuart Mill. pointed out these effects 100 years ago in; his celebrated essay On Liberty. "In al country," he wrote, "where all the citi- zens were appointed and paid by the gov- ernment, and looked to the governnicntl for every rise in life, not all the freedom of the press and popula1' constitution of the legislature would make this country free otherwise than in name." EIETORIAL NOTES hath wings. There were I5 brides-to-bei amongst the 64 passengers in the Royal Dutch Airlines DC-6 which won the transport division of the race from Lon- don Christchurcli. ' , The annual meeting of the Prince Ed- ward Island Curling Association this eve-l ning will see curlers from Alberton, Sum- merside, Charlottetown, Montague and- Souris setting the stage, or rather the ice for another season of ”llie roaring game". i O I O Deep-sea fishing has been from Paris. off the Canadian and American Atlantic coast they have gone back to take up the same sport off their own northern shores. O O O The tourist. trade should be liclpiiig, Britain to earn dollars to spend in this country. 30,042 Canadians have 0 Orange pumpkins circle the lawn) I Maples shower Topaz. ”discovei'cd", gr ,by French sport fishermen it. is l'Cp0l'lC(.lvclisposed of immediately to actuai is queerer. - Vancouver Province From taking part in fisliinglseillers. upon easy terms. We arel d also to learn that. Mr. Hay- thorne is about to dispose of his mild R . . I'rinc luv. pluu in int an it am or in: l:l ( urih um -mum c or M"... Cur IT SiloRT.- 1:: x:;";ghvf. -In 0 CALL rug Poucy. (W L. cim in wmum sun. Jedle 05 1-71 - Eduard Illllld is -M " world ll" ?oe&I &-mm AI'TI.iMN shock. stars. Apple butter crock. carnelian, glint. from jelly Jai'S. red and golden is amber in yellowl flame. -lutumn is frame. a Titian in II gildcdl -Gcrt rude Metzerott Johnson. , Old Charlottetown (Am! r. l. I.) t Nli'lI'SPAI'EII ITEMS From The Isiamlei'. Aug. 5. 13549 Mr. Robert Montgomery's por- .tion of the Montgomery Estate (in. lcludiiig imcnt. the Whim Road Settle- Lot 59b has, we are gladt o learn. just passed into the handst the Government, and will bci estate to the tEIlalIt')' of Le it 12:. (id. per acre, t. 48. payable in six annual installnients.--the pur-i ,cliasers agreeing to take both goodl ,and bad land at that price. The Wesleyan community of this City have, as their superin- trudczil. Dr Ritchie. The reverend visitcri gcnllcnian has returned to a cir- Britain in the first eight months of this H” W"? illllcll he Imsltled thith- year, an increase of 17 per cent on the 25,361 visitors from Canada in the same period of last year. ' 0 The enthusiasm for rural beautification 1” 1 is almost wholly to the good but one cau-I tion might be in order. What is old can- not be replaced once it has been 'orn down? iln Prince Edwar five years ago, and the great change! which have taken place cl Island, during this long period, were alluded to with much feeling by the vener- able Doctor on Sunday evening st. The steamer fPrincess of Wales toned out of this port. on Tuesday niorniniz last the new bark 'Un- dir.e. Kickliam, master, for Liver- pml. This vessel was built. at liOStllli)'. iliC.V l00k Ulmn ill” lllghl as Olwiand once in 3 while A pal-ticularly fine 0Id:SillIIITllfil'Sl(lP last winter for the of fun and rewards. Wlmli ZIi0WnsUDS f-I0 Dull of their way to make vivid the child's: iinaginings and hclfl him '0 0-I”ll0.V ill? def; lights of masquerade. - Cw.-- --- -- A i P l l The Taxation Britt The Canadian Journal of Economics and; lloiiticai Sciences quotes the following-state merit from Professor Benjamin Higgins, formerly of McGill University: "There is no reason why it strongly supported SOV- crnment should not collect one hundred per cent of personal income, and pay it out again in family allowances, pensions, inter- est on debt, etc., without any economic ef- fects whatsoever." This, comments the Montreal Gazette. may come as a bit of a shock. Yet the idea advanced by Professor Higgins is really not as surprising as some might think. In some ways it only carries to its conclusion the trend that has been in existence for some time. Within the last. ten years, gov- ernments have taken over a high percent- age of personal income, in one way and an- other, and are now paying it out in various ways. A few months ago the Montreal tax authority, Mr. J. R. Petrie, pointed out that this year the different governments of C..n- iida will collect a total in taxes of about 36.6 billion. This sum is greater than the whole national income before the war. And it means that the governments are now taking away from the camera of this coun- 'dollar in every 'three they earn. structure is threatened with l'0DlaCCl'll(?l1ii by something modern that has nothing tol commend it but its modernity. U 0 0 Churchill, the great war leader of free nations, wants to be known as a builder of peace. The ambition is admirable and, indeed, quite in line with his public life the civilization of which he is an outstand- ing representative. President Dwight David Eisenhower was born this date 1890. His family, origin- ally Swiss, came to America before there was a United States. He graduated from West Point in 1915. By 1942 he was a lieutenant-general and thereafter was ad- vanced more rapidly than any other Ameri- can officer. As supreme commander of the allied forces he commanded the "second front" which knocked out Italy and Ger- many. He was elected president in 1952. O O O The rapid rate of house construction on it building scheme at Drumchapel, Glas- gow, has attracted building experts from Canada, Australia, Germany, Persia and South America. The rate of completion of 1,800 houses in 468 working days is be- lieved to be a world record. One of the main factors in this achievement is claim- ed to be a new type of partitioning 6f Scottish invention. It consists of a pre- fabricated wall of plaster which - mitt this man: in that governments have -( labour. construction and does not require skilledl'i":,';'.'tc'l::'i Hon. James C. Pope, and is intend- ed as it rc;:ulai' trader between this port. and Liverpool. The 'Un- rlinci is '1 handsome little bark. clliptlr. stern, strongly built, well . aim llll.'3(l out with all the morlcrii improvements in ship bmldinz. Her cabins are spacious. and l18ll(iS;(2iIlEly fitted up for the acconimodation of passengers. The Wesleyan ladies will have it public ten meeting on Wednesday. over the years. Sir Winston never was a the 17th, on the grounds of Mr. fighter for the fight's sake but in pi'esei'y'c:l:ilNni”iil ilf””aliCdll- miletge Svgigiiifx Chapel, now in course of erection at Mount Herbert. The covering on the top of Pownal Wliarf is in it wretched state of decay, and is dangerous to pass over alter night. There are holes in it large enough to pass a man through, head, should- ers and all, to say nothing of in- numerable smaller lioles, lige enouirh to admit. the legs 0 I horse. We would suggest to lthe City nuthorit.les the propriety of at once filling up the holes and making the entire structure one solid mass of earth and stone; materials for the purpose can be obtained almost on the spot. by cutting down the street. immed- lately in front of the residence of Mr. Purdle, until it intersects the Esplanade in front of the Bu- racks property. -TCM -.-.-- . . . . And when they IIIIII may unto you.-seek unto them thntihnve familiar spirits. and unto wlludl that peep, and that mutter: should not 1 people seek unto their God? for the living to the dual? To speeds the law and to the testimony: If k not uccardtlllltto this in boeauu than it no MCKM l I i I . l I y . I . . ucasual attention and In this day it is literally true that love 3”” "ml "OPP" l”i'”d l" 5”'l5”l;i.-z-op it. lat last. found an itatcd bivalves who can really tcllliliings they call ills what sort of in noise fIllT1t'l.l'S an lrockoon, it appears, is a combina- "If iiii uloniic lionili is cxplnidcd in your viclnit,v, stick your head between your knees." advises n civil defence authority. Iinw can his knees while runiiing furious- ly'.'-Kingston Whig-Standard. Coiisiderlng the high cost of ill- ness in these times, good llPiIll.ll is a precious boon to all who en- joy it. And it is worth more than thought. in -Si. Critliarines Standard. A colleague reports I sign in in Barton Street store window ndver- tising ii llnimcnt "very good for sore mussels". Perhaps we have expert on irri- o,vster.- Hamill on Spcct aior. Dr. William Horniuliiy of the. New York Zoo is quoted as saying that elephants are more intelligent than dogs. At least we never saw one cliasing a car. - - llumilton Spectator. Lord slmondn has the Ottawa Canadian Club there is nothing queerer than the composi- tion of the Britisli House of Lords. He is wrong. The Canadian Senate been telling Anyone wolild Agree that the rntions of World War if were far superior to thosr: of i World War i. Now comes the United States Marine Corps with new field rations which, it is said. will make it possible for i.catlier- ;neck cooks to prepare meals ”just like mother used to make." Willi nothing hilt highest. regard for the corps, and with no desire. what- irver to discourage enlisimcnts. iiiny we express zi slight doiiht.T;- Cleveland Plain Dealer. People of foreign nations are. often surprised at the intellectual niatiirity of young Frcnrlimcn still at. school mid university. One rea- son may he that. compared with others, they do A lot of work and en.lo.v little play. This seems un- balanced to us. It is that even according to classic Greek prin- ciples. and it is to he noted thni. a leading cliiiracterislic of lfrcncii competitive and permission even to sit for higher cxaniinations is rcslricted. At the size of twelve Ii French child is expected to clinnsc school) or take two )'Pl'il"S prepar- ing to enter fl tr-nclicrs' college. -Saint John Telegrapli-Joiirnal. Commencing Monday, . will return to our usual Office - 181 Queen .ionN R. ROGERS Residence 9471 Q fNotes The Waxz the direction of his future studies. , .. lie may take a two-ycnr course of Rl5FR'ACT'n" AND advanced I-lcniontnry cdiirntion. af- ter which lie may lcnvc school and ANALYSIS help on the farm- but even Iii that lie must. continue. agricultural courses (home economics for girls! 6- Fa -or he may at fourteen enter :1 technical school or I factory & where apprenticeship training is given. He may alternately all twelve no to the lycee (high optometrist. lN.K. Rogers Agencieslimited COMPLETE - INSIJIIABICE . - SERVICE daily, except Saturday, when we closq at-1 o'clock. Telephones: I AGENTS TIIBOUGIIOUT rim rnoviuon . O 3 OCTOBER 14,. 1953 The modern Thanksgiving Day l3 Benerally referred to as an A- merlcnn institution. In a purely Physical sense it Ls, for the first one was observed on what is new American soil. At. the time how- GVEF. 1621. it. was Engllsli soil, for the Pilgrims, were English emf. grants and the colony they eatab- lubed was the second permanent English settlement in North .5. merica. . , It, is probable that the Pilgrims l7Y0llEht with them remembrances of I very old English festival call- ed Harvest Home which is still observed in many parts of the English countryside. A somewhat similar event was observed in Scotland under the name "Mell Supper." I have not been able to and out the exact. origin of this word Melly. It may have had some dia- tar.-t. kinship with the La- tin "mel" (honey) or, as is more likely. with the Old English ”melo" which was equivalent to nur word "meal". Almost certainly tl say it with. respecti .oat-meal would be an important part of any Scot. tish feast. There is no reason. however. why I should indulge in much speculation regarding it. for I am sure there are any number of Scottish people on thlsjsland who can enlighten me or anyone who might be interested in the "Mel! Supper". Come to thliik of it, U18 lady who writes interesting letters to this paper from Oak. land, California, probably would be able to explain it in all its partic- ulars. i 1. C Iff as some liistorlaiis claim, George Washington was the great- est Englishman of his day, then I would any that Govarnor Brad- ford. who presided over the first- Thanksgivinz least, was 9. close Al We iinderstiuid n iiniiill brass plaque is being erected by it mo- tel in honor of the tourist whc said he would start out a 5 a.m l in person stick his lie.-ui lictweeiiinpxt d3y43nd did, .. Hammm, Spectator. "A surgeon! meeting In New York has been told by A spec- ialist that if A bug gets in your car the simplest thing is to hold II flashlight up to the ear. Then the curious insect will come out Ito investigate the doctor says."- yOttnwn. Journal. l During the last summer physi- cists from Iowa have been travel- ling about in. Eastern Canadian ,and Greenland waters sending up rockoons. The liion of a balloon and a rocket and lis used for gathering information tabout. cosmic rays. Lately some Irockoons ,renched ii height of 64 .miles. If any of them got loose. iilIf',V should provide in basis for some more flying saucer sight- ings.--Brnntford Expositor. A people in search of their his- tory make It picture of particular cliurm. Primitive man, engrossed in the daily search for food, is without knowledge of the past al- though he may be blighted with legend and liamstrung by taboos. An interest in history is the nir- ring of pride in Ancestry in the association of the tribe or nation. We see this picture today in the Gold Coast, long a United King- dom colony in Africa where wise administration hastens the natives towards absolute self-government. lTlie Africans, taking over their town affairs, have among their pro- posals for constitutional reform Ihe plan that the name "Ghana" he henceforth used for their coun- try as symbol of national unity and at link with past history. The fact that the link is rather slen- der makes no difference. The un- cient" kingdom of Ghana flourish- ed somewhere between the fifili and 13th' centuries and its achieve- ments are hazy. But without he- lniz' at all sure where the name "Canada" comes from we have become proud of it and we can lit-llcve that the future Gliiman can afford to hold his head a bit education is its emphasis on . , g Greek. Latin. pliilosophy and lit- lwzhrrdnltzn..gOH.lFc0rst::f:f:gu::,1a I-rnturc. Then. grmlinr: is highly i”""9 Journal. COMPLETE VISUAL 53 Grafton Street 'se tember 14th. our office 0 Ice hour: of 9 until 5 Street - 8541 - B542 ,wAi.n:i: iii. nuns Residence- 4628 second. I-Ils speech on that occas- ion was certainly prophetic. This is ,an excerpt (mm it: "Out of small beginnings great things have been ,produccd; and, as one small candle may light. a tliousand, so the light. here kindled hath shone '0 colony fell on hard times, we are told that one of the leadem "rais- the seas of the treasures hid in the sands." The "treasures hid in the sands" were clams. and that in the reason no doubt for the high popularity that. that little shellfish still enjoys among New Englanders generally. It is a con- tinuing symbol of the courageous spirit of the pioneers and, more- over, a. symbol that can be turned, without too much trouble, into an appetlzlng reality. I O O In these days, when the United states and Canada have more wheat than they know what to do with. it LI interesting and I think a little humiliating to take a re- vealed thanks to the friendly In- diam who had showed the new- comers how to plant it and how to fertilize it by putting 3 fish in each hill. Just. hon? the Indians themselves had made that import- ant discovery in soil enrichment the record does not say; certainly they had no text-books on the V 9 0 I::ngliindei's is almost a I The Passing Scene By Observer I i THE FIRST THANKSGIVING wblect. They must ha 1 . ed on it by accident vt:.h,ici;,pp,e:;3 often scientific advancement. been the forerunner or A3 "'15 fitting these friendly Indians were invited to the big time and they did not come em. PW-handed. They brought, meat and wild turkey. These lat- ter were "wild" only in a teclim. cal sense. Actually, they were ,0 Lame that it was simply a m,-,1. ter of running up to them and seizing them by cldentally, I have been hoping for some years that. our Hunglman Partridge would acquire a. simua, civilization but, alas, they nppea, to be getting wilder all the time.) deer the neck (In. When all the guests had gatim-. ed-55 whites and BI Indians-it was discovered that no house in the colony was roomy enough to hold them. out.-doors. niemorialized So This fires were event has been ever since in the which to most New I religious ite. Once again history found a blllll. cliim-bake" way to keep alive a tradition that. had its origin in necessity. The turkeys. sec-Se. ducks. and other sacrifices to hungry mouths and on poles and roasted over thankful hearts, were hung lion oals. This was the liegimiing of another tradition-tlie COITIITIUJIIH barbecue-which ' some sections to this day. has persisted ir. It. appears from such records as are available that there was no formal Church service. In lieu of that prayers were said from time to time during the three-day its- tival and now the elders of the group rose lo "Say a. few words" appropriate to the occasion. But the lack of for- mal preaching was Dir! by 8. great. deal of serious chatter un-assisted by any form of alcoholic lcr of the event, enough to it to have access to re- liable hearsay, says that the only and then one of made up in beverage. One chronic- who lived near everage was an unfermcnted one made from wild grape, 8, "most to many, yes, in some sort to . .. - .. our whole mtiony, aigslzivtogiliiyevegordial . That. I can And when. subsequently, the '. . . An old picture shows an artists conception of the first Thanks- ed his voice and gave thanks cheerfully that they were permit- glvlxigf .There. are twelve Dem”-I ted to suck of the abundance of m "' including Govemor Bl'3d' ford. Four Indians," making up the advance panv and led by their chief. Massasoitz, are walking with ttiklignlty towards to head-table and e chief to the place of honour. The chief himself, dressed in the vcry latest. fashion, B is. Wampanoags, 5 miniature pipe of peace bedeckcd gall; with beads. Kovernor in pointing the holding in his left. hand A. In the background is ii member of the colony puffing away at a lorg and slender pipe often re. ferred to, for reason: I have never seen ebplalned, as 9., W are busy setting the table, glanc- "church- arden". The women, four of them, u-ospecme look M the first ing meanwhile at. the redakins, Thanksgiving festival. The first and hopmgv P0 dmlblv l'li3l' illc com crop had been safely 1,”, governor had not. made a mistake in inviting them. A little girl is holding on to her mother's apron and staring i.n won- cler at the gaudy flnery of the lsltora, Muskets, which the Pil- griim took with them everywhere, ven to the Meeting House, are ut of siglit. They are probably within easy reach for all that. PROFESSIONAL CARDS Chas. R. McOuaid ILA BARIIISTER. S(Il.l(7ITOB. mrrlltcn. me. Gander 8: Haszurd GILBERT A. OAUDET. B.A.. LLB Bu-rllten and solicitor: Money to Loan Canadian Bank of Commnmo Bldg. A. Waltlien Gander. LLB. BARIIISTEB. SOLICITOII. Etc. Piillllpo Jiiildlng 111 Gnlton street Money to Loan collection Allison M. Glliis. LLB. BABIIITEB. !OI.l(lI'l'0B. Eh. no llohmond St. - Charlottetown Phone 1600 ' Gordon E. MucMillan. B.A.. LL.I.. BAIIRISTICR, S0 LIOITOR, I'.'tt., N ABY, . I"mr:T-1-run gtucilmng IM Prince 1S;t1.AL-52aC3IlIl'I'.'!tIetAIt'i'n ClIABl.0TTIST()WN :;?.;-my Dr w R Carson H. J. MCbCII. R-O. cniizormcron opcomeirm Palmer Graduate ' - CHAIILOTTETOWN Mr-ntnzue. P. l''- 1- Dlnl 8482 . 201 Prince st mm". 8” MccPlieo & Trainer :1. Ir. lilac-PHEE. B.A., on. 'e"' Marbles". & IL somcumn rnnmon. B.A. Foster Barristers. Sollcllnru. Etc. 1 R. II. BELL, Q.(). 0. II. I'()S'l'EB, LLB. Illllil on City and Firm Properties I50 Illchmond Street Chmlottetown. P.E.l. J. S. Taylor. R.O. OPTOMETBIST Eye: Examined, Giana Fitted corner Kent and Queen Sta. Office Phone 9133-House 475' BIIEVITY AND CLARITY Byron J. Grant. 0.0. OI"I'OME'I'Il8T in Kent Street Phone 87'-9 (P ” levers Intel) M. Albaii Farmer. QC. B.A LLB. lnnlnur "and lollolhr -Dr. A. l.. Macisuce link of Commerce Building ue?::T,l::" Charlottetown Mon” .0 In". GLOIIA BUILDING ......?.......-..j. in caring. ac. Phone "- Dr. K. A. Macicclicrn ' O DENTIST JQA. CINIIOIICIS. II-. - Dental K-II! , OPTODIBTIIIP T Above Charlottetown Clinic Iil Kent, street ., Phone 18 - gt! Quepn M. 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