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TllE BIIARLBTTETUWII GUARDIAN

ll _‘, Dally (Founded In llfll Autha ' no Second Cluoo Mall. PM "I!" Department. Ottawa. President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-i‘. ‘dent. Wm. l1

Burnett; Seem-Tron. G. M. Barnett: Editor oril Managing Director, J. B. Barnett: About!" 361"! Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk.”

firunnnirfsi-firnniisisit is. mi Socialism llnil Business lt seems like oil and water, socialism and business will not mix, and unfortunately it 3s the water that comes to the top._ The experi- nent of the Nova Scotia miners in running a newspaper of their own, The Glace Ba)‘ 6°!" ette is a case in point. For very many years Mr. A. D. MacNeill published the Glace Bay Gazette, one of the best editedDand produced small town dailies in the Maritimes, and not only mode ends meet, but derived sufficient profit to enable him to spend his winters in California. On his decision to retire, the Cape Breton minors seized the opportunity to acquire the publication and run it in the socialist in- terest. They secured a splendid staff, from Editor and Manager down, but failed to clear expenses, and had to appeal to the Miners‘ As- sociation for a subsidy in the form of a deduc- tion from each man's pay cheque of so much per week. The miners have become tired of fin- ancing the publication, and have served notice that the subsidy must cease.

The Miners Union's venture into business has proved no more successful than that of the Saskatchewan Government's as the following from Public Opinion testifies: '

"Saskatchewan's Socialist Government has run into o typically Socialist snag in the opera- tion of its box factory at Prince Albert.

"The box factory was taken aver by the provincial government in I945 after a labour dispute and with assurances on tho part of both labour and the C. C. F. leaders that everything would be rosy now that the capitalists were out of the company.

"Everything was rosy, sure enough, if that ls accepted to be the proper colour for tho ink ln which the company's Bookkeeping was cor- ried out. The company lost money on opera- tions—$l4,l9l from November, "I945, to Sep- terrber, I946. Saskatchewan taxpayers dug a littlo deeper into their pockets to pay its deficit. Some 90 employees got a living out of the fox factory.

"On July 26 something that really hurt the Socialist Government of the province happened. The employees of the box company went out on strike-just as if they were striking against a capitalist boss and not a Socialist Government. They went on strike in order to compel the re- hiring of two workmen dismissed by the manage- ment, one for gross inefficiency and the other for taking a part-time job elsewhere while ab- sent from the box factory on sick leave with pay.

"This was definitely embarrassing to the C. C. F. Government, for under Socialist ad- ministration such strikes are not supposed to occur. Labour relations are supposed to be good. Labour is supposed to understand-that it is working for itself and for the people of the province, that in o sense it owns the business.

"But sinco the strike was cal|ed—-and the workmen bit tho hand that fed them-the C.C.F. Government decided to drop Socialist presen- tions. First it fired the workmen for an "illegal" strike. Then on August 4 it rehired 70 of them. But Hon. J. L. Phelps, Minister of Resources, warned them that he would close the factory in three months’ time if it did not came "out of the red" in operating costs.

"For it has been established that the rea-

son why the factory is losing money is largely because of high labour casts and low labour productivity. "Produce or we quit," he told the workers. » "Now L. E. Minter, president of the Prince Albert Woodworkers’ Association-a C.C.L. un- ion—-has denounced this ultimatum as "quito unfair." lf tho management cannot "devise ways" to make the factory pay, he doesn't see why the workers should lose their jobs.

"This is a nice problem for Socialists to work out. A privately owned business, of course, has ta show a profit or at least cover its expenses. If it doesn't its owner or share- holders will soon go broke. Resources Minister Phelps seems to have adopted this view.

"But the purely Socialist urgumeM-and it's been heard from many a C. C. F. speaker- b that state ownership of industries implicos security of employment with the state keeping industries going whether they make a profit or not, whether the workmen give an honest day's effort to earn an hon-est day's pay or riot.

"Mr. Minter would, therefore, appear to be a sounder Socialist than the Socialist Minister of Resources.

"The situation in the Prince Albert box fdctory points up the crazy economics of Social- ism and holds a warning for all Canadians as to what might happen in Canada if the C. C. F. ever comes into power."

Another Potato For.

, About ll0 square miles of Long lsland potato land were under quarantine in an ox- tension of tho Stato’: campaign to eradicate tho golden nematodo parasite. Mr. C. Chos- ter du Mond, Agriculturo Commissioner, broad- oned tho quarantine aroa three days aftor o Supromo Court decision hod_ uphold his right to lmposo such a restriction.

Tho now embargo affects 30 or 35 sqiiaro niilos, a spolrosrnan said. Eighty squaro milos had boon quarantined since April. All tho land h in Nassau county, tho only ploco on tho con- tinent when fir; parasito has boon found, tho department laid.

land only onrlor conditions doslgnod to prorogt tho sprood

of tho nemotodo. Tho department described the parasite as a tiny warm which attacks the roots of potato plants, but does not affect their edibility. _

Justice William H. Murray ruled in the Supreme Court that the State had a constitu- tional right to impose quarantine conditions. Ho granted a temporary injunction requiring two Hicksville growers to comply with such condi- tions. The State had alleged that Joseph and Albert Walsh sold potatoes frpm quarantined land without obtaining permits.

Th-e l947 State Legislature appropriated $175,000 for the control of the nematode, and provided for payments to farmers whose lands were quarantined.

- EDlIURlAL NUTE§ '- Quebec taken by Wolfe this date i759.

The British coal miners have ended their strike and resumed work. Now let us hope Can- adian Canners employees will soon follow suit and make us all happy.

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The by-election in York-Sunbury is now the political event of surpassing interest. That new Conservative convert, Prime Minister Mackenzie King, has attracted another convert, Dr. Gregg, to his new found flag and cab- inet, leaving the average elector in wonderment on what to expect next. The Prime Minister surely is unsurpassed as a political strategist.

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Prime Minister Mackenzie King is to be honoured by the Law Society of Upper Canada by being made an honorary Bencher, the high- est tribute they can bestow. Mr. John King, K.C., the Prime Minister"s late father was a member of the Ontario Bar for many years and was a lecturer at the Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Technological progress brings its own prob- ieins. The golf ball of today is more elastic than its predecessor so that some older courses are too small for a satisfactory game. The solu- tion lios in larger links or in a deliberately dead- ened ball. The latter has the advantage of cutting clown on timefispent in merely walking.

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Sussex, N. B., is looking ahead. lts street department has been authorized to purchase a one-wing snow plow with power hydraulic con- trol far snow clearance of streets. The equip- ment is to cost approximately $950 and will be attached to a five-ton truck owned and aper- ated by Arthur Stewart at a cost to the town of $1.50 an hour.

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The local Kinsmen Club certainly have a record of which to be proud as outlined at their annual meeting Thursday night. lt is same- thing of which the Province has good reason to boast that it can support so many such worth- while organizations working unselfishly in the public interest. That, after all, is the best kind of co-operation, vpluntary and enthusiastic.

Our summer tourist trade is booming along under the capable direction of Col. W. W. Reid. lt is highly satisfactory to find that over $3,- 000,000 was brought to the Province this past summer, an increase of $168,000 over the total for the previous year. An extension of the sea- son by delaying Labour Day holiday for a fort- night or three weeks would still further benefit us. Of course that may mean postponing the re-opening of schools for a corresponding per- iod. . ' t i

In an editorial reference to the passing of Dr. Mackay, Montreal Gazette says: "Barn in Prince Edward lsland af Scotch Presbyterian stock, Dr. Fred Mackay was never so happy as in those moments when he charmed his friends by the stories of the days of his youth, and illustrated them so vividly by song and verse, for, like all born there, his heart turned ever fondly to that island of calm and quiet beauty, where his boyhood days were spent."

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The New Brunswick government will be requested to assume cost of streets forming part of through-highways in cities, towns and villages; the costs of boards of health; 50 per cent of the cost of education, and to set up a training school for municipal clerks and trcas- urers through resolutions presented at the meet- ing of the Union of New Brunswick! ln addi- tion to proposed ratification of the financial agreement between the Province and munici- palities the union will take action on items touching an daylight saving time, sale of bonds by cities, towns and municipalities, and costs of the Children's Aid Societies.

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MichaeldoMontoigne, celebrated Froneh er- sayist, died thisdate i592. lt is superfluous to praise Montaigne's Essays, they have long passed the ordeal of time into assured immortality. He was one of the earliestdiscoverers of the power and genius of the Fr-ench language, and may be said to have been the inventor of that charming form of, literature—the essay. At a time when authorship was stiff, solemn, and exhaustive, confined to Latin and the learned, he broke into the vernacular, and wrote for everybody with tho ease and noncholance of conversation. His Essays translated into English, are now rc- cognizcd as a classic. What Mr. Bevin contends is that if the more than twenty billion dollars now in Fort Knox were distributed, it would surely soon be back in tho vaults as the recipients spent it on United States supplies. In short, it seems as though it was only another way of saying that credits to tho value of twenty billion dollars shoud be divided among the nations. Conceiv- ablythat would have an immediate good offoct on tho crisis in tho countries thpt lacli dollars; but somo economists hovo so it would never be rioticod if all the gold coin a bullion in tho world wore sunk in tho soa. So what would bo tho purpose of taking it from wlioro it now roots? Gold production might bo stimulated to

advantogo of some; but suroly tho production to bo oncourogod ls that for diroct uso.

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l the United States, continental Eu:- iopeen countries are running tnto debt to Britain at the rote of about $40,000,000 a month. Until Britain, . the United States. and the rest of. . the world are liberated from thel cage of our antiquated exchange system, fiscal conferences can dbl ‘no more than glve temporary re-l lief to any nation's economic 111s.— I The Nation, New York, .

A Chicago Tribune otrplonc dropped 150 pounds of pulverized: dry ice lnto the top of a cumulusj cloud and 20 minutes later a 40-’ m1nute ruin drenched suburban St. Charles, I11. Tribune observers arid Federal Weathermen aboard the plane said there was no rain with- 1n 30 miles before the experiment. Meteorologist H. A. Ruth guarded- ly sold "There 1s a very good pro- bability that seeding of the cloud wlth lce caused the rain." —Ed1tor and Publisher.

Holiday makers who "travel light" had on exemplar 1n Lord Avebury. founder o1 Bank Ho11doys_ whose lusslke on many journeyfngs was generally confined to a capaclous Gladstone bag. The contents of that bag, however were sometimes cur- laus. One day having set the bog down for is minute on a seat at a. station, he returned to find 1t had disappeared. He reported the loss to the statlonmaster, who said, "I'm afraid you W111 not recover 1t, for there are always rogues watching for such an opportunity. What was 1n 1t, sir?" “Nothing of great value," replied Avebury. "Only a German treatise on Hittite fnecrlptions and a bagful of bees." "Oh," sold the official, "then 1n that case you may get 1t back.” Sure enough an 1n- riocent-loaklng 01d gentleman came hurrying beck with the bag. explaining that he had taken 1t in mistake for his own. —Manchcster Guardfon.

lfotood deeldeotonsokehlo home 1n your garden, by all means be hospitable to hlm-whlch means. mo1n1y, just don't molest him, or let anyone else do so. He moy look 11ke s mere snfmsted clod. but his sticky tongue 1s forked lightning to insects. He does n11 hls work at ground 1evcl_ Iooktng up at. the underside of leaves where insects !urk that even the sharpest-eyed of birds fall to see. He 1s one of the most. valuable of our allies 1n the endless insect war.— Brendan Bun.

The good old-foohloned cantons of early to bed and early to rise no longer applies to the present generation, accordhig to n. medical inspector of schools 1n Johannes-

Whilo Britain run: into Mirth’- I

A SOUTH-WEST WIND

O wooing wlndl w1ld wooing wind-

I 11ft my face to thy caress,

Haw soothing 1s thy tenderness!

Forth would my prlsoned s91?"- flee-

Across the sun-tipped hills with

Thou art the Sparkling youth_

Ambitlorfs wild, ecstatic f1re_

The stirring of a pure desire.

The soul-the very soul of me

Is shrlveri by the touch of thee,

And I am nearer God 1n truth. -Lucy Gertrude Clarkln.

+Y Uld Charlottetown f umo nu.) g

WIST RIVER PIONEERS

The borders of West River, 1n the year 1800. had but few settlers.

The land was covered with a heavy

growth of birch, spruce, hemlock

. ee. ' i And gladly leave the years behind.

wlne °f Bracken bought

At Rideou Bend

(Ttme Magazine) On his BOO-acre form Manotlck, Ont.. Tory Leader John Bracken was rising each do! betel! 1n time for a o'clock breakleat with his handsome. showy-choked wtfo. once 1n a while he put on business clothes and drove to Ottawa. 115 miles away, to sign his mall. The rest of the time he looted" 1n com- fortable -old khaki. 0n a typical do)’. he found time to swap farm talk with neighbors. and want out to inspect h‘s poplprs and maples, most of which he planted himself. Near his barns ls a transplaled soft.’ mllpl! ‘Whlfih from a farmer

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' neighbor for $5 last trill. when its

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brilliant scarlet caught. his eye. One any last week. Bracken. with

the help of two neighbor boys.

been thinking about 1t for two years. Said John Bracken. long a Manltaban: "when you've lived on the prairie for 36 years. you think a wh11e before you touch o tree."

From Talk. Evenings. after uln- ner. the Bracken: est out on the lawn like any farm couple- T7161’ talked about the farm or about A1- fred Duff Cooper's David. Whlflll Mrs. Bracken was reading. Ll Bracken began to talk wlltlcs. Mrs. Bracken quickly turned the

""3 Plm- Alt" m“ d5"- "d 95' lcanversation back to farming. The pec1a11y1n the years 1804, 1806. 180$ Tory leader 5a; were qujguy 1n 3

and 1812_ emigrants began to ar- rive, and locate on the lands front- 1ng ari West River and its tribu- tar_v,’C1yde River, then known as

Dog River. Repeated trips of the

ship "Polly" brought many of the emigrants from the western islands

af Scotland. The same class settled

the greater part of Township 65, excepting a settlement of Irlsh emigrants near Nine Mlle Creek. Canoe Cove, Argyle shore and De-

eable were also settled by emigrants

from the western part of Scot-

land.

Couregeously facing the heavy

forests, although by no means used to cuoflng down or hewlng lumber. they oaon become expert and sklll- ful lumberers. After cutting away o small space as near the river as possible, s house was erected. mast- 1y of round logs, dove-tailed at the corners, the chinks logs being tightly

moss; bark taken from flr ar spruce trees, or else sedge marshes, which was abundant. Tho floor was the ground, packed. and a huge fireplace, often 1n the centre of the floor with n. hole 1n the roof m the cxlt. of no smoke, constituted dwelling. Chimneys were built asl eoon as possible, oysters being burn- |

between the coulked with the root was covered with

grass from the snioothly

the pioneer

ed for lime, as they existed 1n

tmmense quantltfes.

The houses were built near the

burg.

to dog races.

than ordinary

Norway, whooe labor force ll more than 50 per cent organlzed. has not had a major strike 1n 15 years. According to Peal Berg, na- tional conctllator and former chlcf

Modern parents, she says, take their children to cinemas or Children are trained to go to bed early. An- . other bad habit of the modern gen- eretlon 1s skipping breakfast. Mod- ern mothers either mend the morn- ing 1n bed or rush off to work with- out givfng their children proper et- tentian. From the way pupils rov- enously consume their school meal 1t 1s obvious that they are hungrler healthy

should be. — Brandon Sun.

share, er there were no roads and the river was the only means of communication. The cellars of these houses can. 1n many cases. yet be seen, these being dug after a floor of lumber was placed 1n the dwell- ings. When n. space was cut. down, the wood was cut lnto lengths and, after being dried 1n sun, were p11- ed and set f1re to, being kept burnlng until converted into ashes. Potatoes and grain were hoed 1n, n11 the members of the family be- ing engaged, and the crops raised from the rich v1rg1ri e011 were won- aerfully large. Year by year the area for cultivation increased and the condition of the people became better, the thrifty housewife monu- facturing flax for many uses 1n the family. as sheep could not yet be

not

children

justice of the Norwegian Supreme Court, the good record 1s the ‘e- sult of a conctllatory attitude on the part of both labor and man- agement. Berg considers the un- l fans are no longer "fighting units" but "organs for social stabiliza- t1on."- United Notions World.

new-born baby. There are many people 1n Halifax who know only too well how poorly defended this vital part was 1n 1909. Today the situation ls 1nf1n1te1y worse. It is the some on the West Coast. This may be an irresponsible age, but

raised or kupt from bears were very numerous . . .

which

The nearest approach to Char- ottetown by land was a crossing

at Banana/w. then by s blazed foot- path to Milton, then turning 1n n southerly direction to the town. s distance of nearly forty miles being

Canada lo no defcnocleoo so u ifflvélled-

—From on article by the late Mr.

Alex C. Show.

To The Stewart Clan

(Stratford Beacon-Herald)

there 1s a 11m1t. If Canada prides hereslt on her natlonol sovereignty,

Otherwise she must cease from her

In The Edinburgh Scotsman, the Ear] at Galloway addresses this highly interesting message to all

"I write as honorary president of

she must be prepared to defend it. y "the Stewart“. the world m,“

pretentious and revert to a colon-

the Stewart Society, which was

1a] status-this time as o. colony of 1 formed m 1899 m preserve me L"?

the chronicle.

We can't hdlp wondering lf an-

ufiited States. _

Hamax dltfons and history of the Stewart

family 1n n11 its branches. and to .prov1de a point of contact for all who share or are associated with

other point of view about sales- manship and about studying the _ customer's wants would help Brit- ain increase the exports she so much wants. Our observation of e

or its traditional ,, excellence quality 1s c1111 there. But. take some fine $100 Brltlsh suitcases we sawl the other dloy. That's a quality price for a slim volume line. Yet the people who will today pay $100 forl a suitcase comprise our airplane clientele. And these magnificent suitcases, empty, would just about exhaust the ulr traveler's entire baggage allowance. We'd be 1nter- ested 1n seeing what mare of the sa-cnllcd dynamic salesmanship would do. also what the results of market analysis might be. —- Fl- nanclal Post.

Like many other developments that were necessitated by the wsr effort. eynthetlc soaps scorn to hovo attained o. permanent place 1n tho‘ realm of housekeeping. Despite tho fact that they ore not oosp ot all. but. chemical compounds mode from petroleum or vegetable oll dorlvo- tives. leading soap manufacturers concede that synthetic detergents ore growing In popularity by loops and bounds. The new cleansers oro particularly efloctlvo 1n hard vrotor