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MONDAY, FEB. 2B. 1949

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OIIABLOTTETOWN.

Roads llnil Etliicatlon

_The importance of good roads was ably and convincingly presented in the Legislature last week by Hon. M-r. Barbour, Minister of Public Works and Highways. There is no doubt that with increasing motor vehicle traffic, both in trucks and passenger cars, this department must continue. to expand to meet requirements from year to year. As the Minister stated, this repre- sents not only a sound capital investment but is a big revenue producer in gasoline taxes and license fees.

The revenue-producing factor, however, was perhaps over-emphasized in the Minlstefsstate- ment, which purported to be a reply to criticism —not with regard to road expenditures as such, but with regard to these‘ expenditures compared to the expenditures on education. The Public Accounts show that some $760,125 was voted last year for education, and only $702,361 was ox- ipended. On highways, bridges, ferries, etc., $659,775 was voted and $1,117,491 was expend- ed. This disproportion was quite properly point- ed out by the Opposition, and Mr. Borbour's con- "tention th-at more than thirteen million dollars is invested in motor cars and trucks in this Pro- vince is no answer at all.

lf revenue production were the determining factor in evaluating the importance of Govern- ment departments, then even public works and highways would have to yield precedence to thlc liquor stores, which last year showed a net profit of $522,067 on gross sales of $l,847,052.'This is a veritable bonanza in the way of profit-making.‘ but Mr. Barbour, himself a lifelong abstainer, would surely be the last to suggest that for that reason it ranks ‘first in importance in public scr- vice. Education is not to be weighed in such scales as can be employed in assessing the value of any utilitarian convenience or necessity. lt detracts in no way from the importance of Mr. Barboufs department to say that education is of infinitely more importance, for on itvdepends, not only the material progress of our citizens, but their cult-

, um] and spiritual growth as well. The greatest

road-builder since the days of the Rflmfl" Enlplfi‘ was Adolf Hitler, and the roads built under thc lNazi regime before the war in Germany wllllpcr- hops never be surpassed. In technical achieve- ments of all kinds the Nazi system worked won-

" derfully. Where it failed was in perverting tlic

noble purposes of education to base and ulterior aims, and in ignoring the lessons oi history which it is one of the functions of education to import. lNo nation has ever risen above its educational gfqndqivig, and provision for the maintenance of such standards in the highest possible degree should be the first concern of democratic gov- ernment.

Farm Markets llnil llliality

lit ‘rs generally agreed that "Farmers' Week" this year has been the most successful in mem- ory. Nat only ‘have lsland farmers surpassed themselves with their record production, but the highest juality ever attained was produced last year-in some cases, the highest in Canada.

Though there may be some apprehension as to the agricultural future, this matter of the thigh quality of lsland food products should place 'our farmers in a privileged position. The keener iths competition, the better chance the higher quality product stands in a tightening market.

As the Minister of Agriculture pointed out, quali farm prcducts not only require quality seed stock, but quality pastures and feeds.‘ He warned against the policy of selling the best breeding stock, which should be kept to raise the general level of our lsland stock, for a more extensive future exporting programme.

Quality products may be of little use if we hove not the market in which to sell them. The Premier pointed out the opportunities on our own

doorstep to sell to our importing neighbors. lt is reported that Ontario is looking to the Eastern sea-board to sell its surplus farm products, and our farmers would do well to bear this fact in mind. Mr. McSween gave fair warning that prices may not be the only thing to worry about, but "the market at any price." In such a mar- ket, qua~lity will be the only criterion.

The decision of the lsland Federation to ‘reads into the rural districts for the individual support of the former, is designed to strengthen its’ present position as the voice of all the farm organizations in the Province. A steady hand on the port of the leaders will be necessary to gaiii the full support of the rural areas. ‘

And so, as the farmer returns home and con- siders his Week's work on the administrative side of his way of life, he must decide if he will act

i on the decisions arrived at by the majority. To

suspend sac-ii action would leave him vulnerable to all the dangers of narrowing markets“

_ Brlllsll-Bflalllilll Trade.

{i An official United Kingdom Government publication, the Board of Trade Journal, is con- ‘cerned about the volume of British exports to Canada, according to the cable. it might well be, and there should be a complementary con- 'cern in Canada. in a growing exchange of goods son a mutually satisfactory basis lies the only chance of trade between the two countries so long as present currency problems continue ‘to plague trade. , i Exporters hers are known to be as concern- ed as those in Britain. We already have surplus food, lumber and many metals which the British urgently need but cannot find the means to

zney for. The natural solution is an pxchanga

of goods, but already the balance is oH in Cari- oda's favor and there are few signs that Brit- ain is going to be able to improve her position in the market here. _

C-hief stumbling block to a satisfactory two- woy tradesbolance, says the Ottawa Journal, ap- pears to be the cost of British goods and the inability of British manufacturers to meet price competition in Canada, or from United States products imported into Canada. In consumer goods there is the beginning of a buyers’ market both here and in the United States, a fact which, apparently, makes it still more difficult for Brit- ish manufacturers to meet competition. There is little evidence in any of the official statements which come from Britain that this is fully ap- preciated. -

The fact that Britain is making trade deals with many European countries, some on the wrong side of tho “iron curtain," causes many

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THE GRAY GQUIRREL

Like n smell any coffee-pot.

alto is squirrel. He 1s not

all he should be.

kills by dozens

trees. and eats ’

hls red-brown ooushis

The keeper, on the other hand.

who shot hlm, ln

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loves his. enemileo,

Canadians to wonder why they do this in pre- which 51W"

ference to trading to Canada. Those European girl‘: sgyllimew“ ml’ ' deals are usually straight trades, goods for l

goods, a-nd if both sides decide to charge the Tmumberl won“ limt not much horm is done. Trading in the Q.

Canadian market is a totally different matter and the only way more British goods can be sold here is by competition on a price basis. lt might be a good thing if this could be brought home to both the British public and manufacturers.

l EDITORIAL NUIESf,

Legislature. , 1'

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Last day of February.

l The Bank of Englarld fictionalized this date 1941.

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The present session of the Legislature may become memorable for brevity combined with wisdom in the speeches of the members.

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Premier Jones seems to get into as many tight corners as Maior Hoople, says a reader, and, like his prototype, usually succeeds in getting out of them. ‘

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Complaints from Maine of the misibranding cf Canadian potatoes by labelling them as grown in Maine reverse an old situation. lt used to be a complaint of lslan-d growers that Maine potatoes were marked as P.E.l. Certified Seed.

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With the approaching ice break-up comes the need for cauticn and common sense. Those who do not mind risking their own lives should at least give a thought to the risk their rescuers may have to run.

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Reports of lay-offs in Nova_ Scotian coal fields as a result of the mild winter make strange reading after the fuel shortages of re- cent years. It should be possible to maintain production in winters like the present one and avoid disastrous shortages in more severe ones.

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The lure of the big city certainly tends to slacken in the atomic oge. As U.S. Atomic En- ergy Commissioner Lewis Strauss put it, there is no plan for protectin-g a nioior defence area. ”The best protection is to be somewhere else when a bomb goes off]:

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The Abysisinians defeated the Italians at Adowa this date 1896. This reverse Mussolini at- tempted to revenge by over-running the country some 30 years later, only to sustain a second and more disastrous defeat at the hands of the Al- lies. '

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The vigorous campaign now being carried on in the United States for protection a-gainst Canadian fishery and farm products should be a warning against coming to rely too much on that market. Canada buys for more from her Southern neighbour than she sells, but there is always the danger that sectional interests will prevail as against more general economic con-

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Seven years ago, on February 27, 1942,

British Commandos raided German installa- tions at Bruneval- and an important radio de- tector station there was destroyed . . . Four years ago this week, on February 21, British troops in the First Canadian Army captured Goch, near Cleve, and on February 22, the greatest simul- taneous oir assault in history took place. Before dusk has fallen more than 10,000 Allied sorties had been flown. On February 26, Sgt. A. Cosens of Porquis Junction, Ont., won the Victoria Cross for an action which cost his life in the fighting around M-ricslici, Holland.

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An eminent surgeon from Melbourne, who is a Nuffield Fellow in Pediatric Research at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London, spoke in the BBC's Overseas pro- gramme about the greot work being done at that hospital. Much has been achieved since its foundation ninety-six years ago, and two great

‘British writers, Charles Dickens and Sir James

Barrie greaitly helped it through their writings and interest. "Sir James Barrie," said the speak- er, "will always be remembered by Great Or- ‘mond Street for his personal o-Fention to chil- dren within its walls, and one ward is dedicated to him. The inscription reods:-— "To The Never Fading Memory of One Who Loved Children, Sir James Barrio Bt., O.M., Creator of ‘Peter Pan‘ a most generous friend of this hospital, this word is with gratitude dedicated." The ward is known as the Peter Pan word for, besides his personaliassociotioris with the hospital, Barrie gave to it during his lifetime, the copyright of "Peter Pan" known by children the world over. This means that the Great Ormorid Street hos- pital draws royalties on the book publications throughout the world and on the stage produc- tion of the ploy. This copyright covers o period of about fifty years, and in 1946 alone no loss

than £9,990 cams to the hospital 'from this source. i ' -

Old Charlottetown (And r. l m

MOUNTED rtuwvsnv

Out at the Exhibition grounds L Squadron of the Mounted Infantry rite in (rump. They have taught their horses not lo run away from under them but n great deul of the animals lack ginger. They are gelling more drill than the troop- ers, nnrl the poor quadrupeds that have their mils out short and spend most of their time on parade vainly trying to switch off the flies, probably regret that L Squad- ron are n01. mounted on automobiles or some other kiml of hobby horse.

~Princc Edward Island Magazine, Julie, 1902.

Topics The Times

iNew York Timesl

Almost no attention has bfen puid Lhus fan- in 1hr- yczir to the fact 1.11111. 1949 1s the fifteen-hun- drecllh anniversary (as near as 1t can be figured) of the “Coming of ohe Saxons." The English show llbtle interest. 1n this matter which would" seem to concern them as the modern hepresentalives of the Auglr-s, Saxons and JutesI It ls to be tinted, however, that the orig- inal home of these Germanic peo- p195 lay 1n what is now the British zone of oooupatlan. The retum o1.’ the modern English 1.0 the home of 11ie1r ancestors was not arrang- ed. as ls well known, as a cele- brritlon of the early migrations; it was accomplished only after the hardest. kind of battles lu which the modern Anglo-Saxons, assist.- td by numerous other slacks, got. the better of their now very dis- daiil; relatives.

There has always been consid- erable interest 1n these ancient. Angles, Saxons and Jules, but for all the work of historians and archaeologists they remalu very indistinct. The old records are hopelessly confused. The story is that. 1n 449 or thereabout. Angles, Saxons and Jules who had seized the coast of Flanders were ln- vlfed over to Britain by a. King hard pressed as. usual by the Plots and Scots. The Teutons respond- ed. led by two brothers, Henglst and Horse. They saved the Brit.- isla monarch from his hostile neighbors, but: they decided to do more —- to stay and take over the southeast corner of the lsland for ihemselves. About. thls time the curtain falls. oh Britain and al- most: nothing 1s know-n for oertaih of wihut happened there for the next. 200 years.

It. 1a like a play ln which the curtain ls lowered then raised rigisln to denote a long lapse of time. When the ourtaln falls Brit.- aln ls still ll. thoroughly Roman country. It. lfid been a. Roman colony for almost 400 years -— longer than America has been settled andomore or less elvlllzed. Britain. exoept for the northern and western parts. was as Roman as Gaul or spaln. It. was an lsland of flue Roman toads. clt- les and harbors. villas and baths. The last Rcmari legions had been withdrawn only a few years be- fore when the Roman Emperor 1n the West, threatened everywhere on the Continent. by Teutonic ln- visders. 101d his British subjects that they would have to look out for themselves. Thereafter ep- Deals to 1hr,- Romans for help against the raiders from across the North Seas were in- valri. Angles. Saxons and Jules lock cis-tr llvr i-Tauzl about 11v: time that the Western Empire came 1o an end.

when the curtain rises szaln the scene ls completely changed Roman Britain has- disappeared. The face af the lsland. the peo- pie, the language hnv’ all chang- ed. some " influences un- doubtedly llngered 1n the West. where many of the early Britons fled to the hllls; others had cross- ed the Channel to like St. to Ireland. Roman Britain re- mains the province of the archae- ologist, not. the tilstorlsn of mod- ern Brttoln.

{rho England whldh has played such a great role 1n history - and still plays-emerges from

or Egypt. Prom the

Ireland. come the rind teachers who brought Annie-Saxons lnlo the fold western Fliiropcnti English lltrrniurr began and Enz- llsh government. reached n. peak of excellence under King Alfred. The Normans profoundly modi- fied the course of English history. but. Englishmen were vrry English st the time of Henry V, so s11 ere i-eailnded who have seen Olivia's

tcven distinguishable from

rlitisny or. Patrick. had gone over

the mists only at the opening of the seventh century. It 1s n young country compared to Ohlna, my. on 0.11s day's news and plans its Cbfillnfinl- display. Ho reeds _hls own paper and. as Irish historians are not cum-m and ream, with lpprgmi]. llkoly io allow us to forget. from missionaries the OPaiudlrs other papers for ldess end

filvlllllllvll- suggestions. He sees innumerable ‘

version of Shakespeare's “Hem-y V." Yet only when English king‘! lave up the futile task of trying 4o conquer fiance and fumed their mlncls n1 once to England and 1.0 the would beyond the narrow seas did the full meaning of England's mission begin to ap- pear.

Any backward glances at the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain flfteen hundred years ago 1m- medlately suggest that. invasion which was planned but never took Pltwe 1n the Second World War. In those fifteen centuries Eng- land (become Brltaln again), nov- er had to meet a crisis so deadly as that which Winston Churchill is Just. now describing 1n his mem- oirs and to which he has given the name that. will llve-“thelr finest hour."

Liberalism Their And Now

(New York Herald-Tswana)

To the bulk of newspaper read- ers "liberalism" has ceased to be either a concrete program of ae- Llon or a consistent. body of doc- trlue, and ls dcoreasllmly an ex- pression of on eeonorulr class 1n- teresi. lllistorlcally l1. was once all lof these things). It has become llargely a mood, an solitude of luiliicl, detached from definite ‘political implication The “llbet- al" is l! person of breadth, toler- ‘anee, receptive to new proposals,

against any flagrant. lnJustlce and, in general, inclined to place the good of society above the

clams of any special privilege or vested interest.

While this describes a. type of mlnd 1n general recognizable and the more extreme forms of selfish- ness, greed and obsourantlsm, 1i. does riot define a member of any particular party; nor Ls 1t. always an easy definition to apply 1n praotlce. There are labor leaders. for example, who are very recep- flve to new ideas but. who could never be called either tolerant. or inclined to place the claims of so- ciety over the vested interests of it-helr own unions; conversely, there are business managers who joke a very resistant attitude, to- ward any change whatever. yet have a wide tolerance and an ‘acute sense of lustlce. = One suspects that as a part1- jsampollblcal principle, "liberal- llsm" has largely lost its meaning, partly because its doctrinal foundations have been undervalu- ed by h1s1.orv,_ partly because its lgreal: humanistic and liberating jlmpllcatlons have been too unl- lversally accepted by all thought- ful men. As a. counter 1n the par- lty and economic battle lt has lworn _lliln; as an ideal of con- lcluct. a falth, g an attitude, its |power ls greater, perhaps; .t.ha 1t. has ever been. i

The Managing Editors i Come To Town

(Otto/we Journal)

We have with us 1n Ottawa for the remainder of the week the managing editors of some U1?"- score Canadian daily newspapers. 'wlio have an association and meet- lisnnually to discuss their problems. We trust these 91'9""! 5955mm will be interesting, profitable, and nob too arduous.

TllCfe may be srine who wonder ‘just. "what is rnnnouiniz editor dim- whisi. Ls his place iii the news-paper economy. remap: li 1s esslei- to itell what he does not do. He 1190i m1 set type or run the big press. He does not. wash the windows or wiix the ‘linoleum. He does not. ride 1o flies on the 1105f‘ "W180" - in these effeie days reporters take taxlsi. anyway - though he _would much like to, nor does he flnd time to write mun-y editorials. Outside of 1111053 llmnliallons his field ls broad and for-reaching.

The managing editor 1s, 1n fact. the msln wheel 1n the intricate news machine of the modern news- paper. Bub-editors. departmental editors, copy readers and reporters all come Wllhln his ,1 lsdlctlon. He 8e1€0fs and buys comic stripe and "features". He posses on ed11- orlal accounts - and outsiders would be surprised at their magni- tude. lle consults with hla editors

ale words when he flndii s. piece of type about UN stuck In the middle of B meellmz of the Ladies’ Md. H8

callers anxlous to sell hlm every- thing from is dolly poem to s ser- liil history of the North-West Be- bolllon. Hie hears on the telephone from friends with tips on stories. from indignant readers complain- ing that their names were 1n - or were not 1n - one popes, from 41e-

IT PEIIKIIGY! l

A Notes ‘From Another lsland

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LONDON. Englandw-

We are hearing some ‘talk late- ly about the possibility of a partl- al lifting on the bun on the use of eleetrlclty for outdoor advertis- 111g.

We ‘should really begin 1.0 lhlnk we were getting somewhere lf that. happened for our bright lights have been dlmmed for so long many of as are beginning to lor- get. what a neon sign looks like, and 1t. may sound almost. unbe- lleveable that. our klds of nlne and ten years old have never seen the sort of electric sign without. which your drug stores would seem lmlf naked.