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17A7;_i:—74-'riii;n.ii""r‘i:3iEi‘KitTr'2i. _iss_4 Grave Discrepancy

Less than a year ago. the Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament. May 16. de- scribed unemployment as the "most urgent of our domestic problems." In the Throne Speech on Tuesday. the accent was on accelerating em- ployment. But. this brightening eco- nomic picture. does not apply to t.he Atlantic Provinces. where 12.6 per cent of the labor force was jobless last month compared with a national level of 7 per cent.

This continuing discrepancy in employment opportunities in differ- ent parts of the country constitutes a domestic problem of the gravest importance. Bicult.uralism and bi- lingualism are academic issues by comparison. And the fact that un- employment has become a regional instead of a national problem should make it easier to employ the re- sources of the nation in attacking It successfully.

The Throne Speech makes some reference to this shift of emphasis, and holds out the hope that atten- tion will be given. in the months ahead, to specific programs aimed directly at boosting slow-growth areas and openini! “D new J'0bS-

This will be done. according to a Canadian Press report. by the area development agency. set up last year, which is stepping i.ip its work

in boosting 35 areas of high un- employment and slow economic growth—l3 of them in the Atlan- tic Provinces. 13 in Quebec. eight in Ontario (where unemployment was under 5 per cent last month) and one spanning the Alberta- British Columbia border. The new agency has the job of administering various tax incentives offered by the Government to industries and busi- nesses that sei up shop in the desig- nated areas.

This isn‘t good enough so far as we are cnnc.(‘-1‘uerl. For some reason that. has never been satisfactorily explained. Prince Edward Island was ignored altogether by the bureau- crats who worked out t.he designated areas plan.

We are to get some recognition now for Prince and part of Queens Counties as rural development areas under the ARDA program. and efforts are being made to have Kings included as well. But that shouldn’t prevent our urban areas from qualifying under the regional employment incentive program. or for any other assistance that Ot- tawa may be planning in the way of inducement to new industry.

France And China

Washington viewed with grave disapproval the diplomatic recog- nition extended to the. Peking re- gime by General de Gaulle a few weeks ago. It will doubtless view with equal distrust the news from Paris that. tickets are now on sale in a leading department store in the French capital for a month-long grand tour of Communist China.

The would-be traveller need only pay $2.750 ($3.150 for first-class travel) to be whisked by Air France to Hong Kong, thence by train be- hind the Bamboo Curtain to Can- ton, Hmgchow, Shanghai. Nanking. Loyang, and Peking.

Should an American In Paris thirst for this adventure. he would do eo in vain. Not only would his own government forbid him to enter. Communist China. but so would the

in Peking. The China”

copy. Bureau of Circulation.

llfitlhte that one of every two pas-

‘making the -poem trip-‘

offered for May or September, 1964 -must be French. And the “other one" must be related or well known to the French traveller and come from a nation acceptable to the Chinese Communists.

From Peking the travellers, who are promised first-class hotels and rooms with bath, will board a So- viet jetliner for visits to Moscow and Leningrad, thus embracing in one stupendous journey the two warring giants of the Communist world.

According to the Paris corres- pondent of the Christian Science Monitor. this grand tour is but the latest evidence of the thick- ening ties between the two coun- tries. it is noted that films on Communist China are appearing on television screens in millions of French homes. and that the Peking opera has arrived in Paris to give a series of performances. almost certain to be a box-office smash.

No F.renchman will be naive enough to suppose that these ges- tures on the part of Red China are entirely disinterested. But what of it? Even accepting them as propa- ganda stunts. should they be dis- couraged on that ground? The French do not think so. They be- lieve-—-at least President de Gaulle does——-that “there is no political reality in Asia that does not con- cern China," that the Western world must come to terms with China one way or another. and that a good way to start is by encourag- ing an exchange of the ordinary international amenities

lt.could he that the French are right. and Washington policy mak- ers woefully wrong in the course they have been following in this vital matter.

Threat To Wild Life

Since the last dodo bird died on the Island of .\lauritius in 1691. more than 100 other animal species have vanished from the earth. Now —-so far have we advanced in our boasted civilization——ahout 1.000 species are threatened. Warning of this comes in a book brought out by the World Wildlife Fund. a con- servation organization set up under Swiss law which has submitted to the United Nations a World Wild- life Charter. ’j‘he U.N. could do worse than spend time in studying its implications.

The organization contends that conservation is not merely for the benefit of wild creatures, but of man himself. and that because.the animals cannot do much about it. man should take a hand in their protection. A 500-page volume lists the species of mammals. fishes. birds. reptiles. amphibians. inverte- brates. and plants which are now endangered. Man is not yet a can- didate for extinction-—though he ultimately may be.

These threatened species. he- rleviled by man or Nature's own wil- fulness. range from the 100-foot blue whale. which weighs 160 tons, to tiny tree frogs in South Jersey. Why they face extinction. and what is being done or can be done to pre- vent it——like breeding in captivity-— is outlined in the volume.

The World Wildlife Fund. in de- claring that ignorance and careless- ness are in large part the cause of the creatures’ undoing, says that this is not just an 11th-hour emerg- en'cy—“It‘s 10 minutes to mid- night."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Montreal World's Fair bill, it is now estimated, will run to $167,200,000. Anticipated retuma are $119,600,000, leaving a deficit of $47,500,000. These figures do not include costs not directly chargeable to the fair. such as site preparation. aiubway construction and an ice boom to prevent flooding of the city's lower proportion, which may run as high as $50,000,000.

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Scientists of the Fisheries Re- search Boai-d’s technological station in Halifax are opening a new chap- ter in “Project Fish Flour." Until now the experiments in the develop- ment of this high protein product have involved the use of commer- cial salt water fish. Now the scien- tific team is turning its attention to utilizing "waste" or non-commercial fish, which include such species as dogfish, skate. argentlne, cape- lin, aculpin and, in fact, any type of

SPLIT PERSONALITY

T KéEP HAVING ‘mesa DREAMS ABOUT uusr FALLING APART

91TAwA REPORT b

y Patrick Nicholson

Truly More Precious Thcin Gold

How much is a wife worth.’ An article in a life insurance magazine in Sweden has just come up with the matter-0L

fact figure of $200 per month as i

the value of a housewife. This figure is based upon the market price of her labor only. with her sentimental value being as-

sessed at nil or. in the old legal ;

manner. at "a percorn." Comparing the varied tasks of a housewife with those perform- ed bv a paid worker outside the household. t h l a courageous

PUBLIC

All) To FARMERS

Sir.- What is the Shaw Gov- ernment to do for us small farm- ers? It might do them good to hear the chatting sometimes in a country store. In olden times we sold sheep. cows. vegetables. potatoes to the fellows loading schooners—ofien at prices bet- ter than now.

I don't think marketing for farmers kept pace with progress in fishing. and for a suggestion it might be better if the Govern- ment hired a plane for a trip away to see what is going on. in- stead of spending one hundred thousand dollars to find oul. It could belciheapcir and wiser.

am. Sir. etc. KING'S COUNTY FARMER Farmington. WELL EARNED TRIBUTE Sir.—-We thought it was very thoughtful of you to pay tribute in a recent editorial to our local "service‘‘ people. particularly our newsboys. I was reminded of the following quotation: "Nei- ther snow. nor rain. nor heat. nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift comple- tion of their appointed rounds." The above quotation adapted from Herodotus which has long been associated with the mall-

memapparentiy no longer ap- plies in Ciiarloltetown. We re- ceived no mail on any of i h e

stormy days this winter. while our Guardian boy delivered the paper without it break. even in Monday's blizzard.

It is reassuring in these days of soft living to know that s 0 many boys are being taught de- pendability and perseverance through their conscientious hand- ling of a paper rnute.We mire and salute them and recall our own boyhood days as a car- rier when we learned so much even though we earned so little.

I in. Sir. e ., OLDTIME NEWSBOY

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SCHOOL AFFAIRS

village fire department on their successful effort in taking th e school children into the Charlot- tetxvwn Fo . It was apinrec t- ed by some. To my imagination you would be doing those chil- dren a much bigger favor. if you would have those fire trap doors removed that are on the class- rooms of the school where those children attend. To my mind those children have lost too

much time. through aim-my wea- ther-and sickness for the past two months.

Sloatillll ta IIOINV lnort. Bil put safety first. On September last I met with the principal of our school as a member of our safety committee to see if we could have the children attend I show on safety once every two weeks. Hta reply was that ish school schedule is too crowded; he couldn't spare the time dur- ing school hours.

You can teach a child all that is in a book. If you don't teach

it rose the road

you have aconuniflnd nolhg. We have clihlren down in their

averaee. aosne repeats: the second year in the same (rule. Wbatia tlatuara-edete

fish that is normaly discarded by I - “theme”. ‘ ate oura.en:ea to thehtaak of ads

1 Swedish magazine produced tnis estimate.

1. Pre ' flood. 12“: hours , per week at $1.46 per hour. i $18.10 per week.

2. Cleaning. 10 hours at from $1.04 to 1.24 per hour. $11.40 per week.

3. Washing up at 83 cents per hour. $6.45 per week.

4. Mending and sewing. $6.86

‘per wee . 5. Washing clothes and house- ‘ hold linens. $6.86 per week.

I Three years ago. this column = "ll

reported that the Washington

FORUM

with the remembrance of o u r fallen comrades. They z a v e their lives for a good cause. So * let us not let them down. r, c..

T F.J. CAMPBELL l Mount Stewart.

I ! LIQUOR LEGISLATION

Sir.-—It is surprising that the ‘ question of a further loosening . i of our liquor laws should come .

! up again. It is only a short time since we heard of the o v e r- . crowding ofthe jail in Charlotte- ! town. due to tine large number of l alcoholics. so that many w h 0 were supposed to have gone to jail were sent home. , A few short months ago crime

broke out in Suimmerside which “

baffled the police and frighten- ed residents. Crime and alcohol have a strong connection as pointed out by one who is in a p)Sll.lO1‘l to know. In an issue of this paper early last cu m m er there appeared this statement

Chief Justice Campbell: "If we could elimin- ate intoxication we could prac- tically eliminate all criminal offence in this country."

If our looser liquor laws are already affecting our Province. 1 cannot see why there should be any question of loosening them further.

The excuse in the past has been that it is to please the tourists. At the close of this past season a lady from Qu ebec wrote in this column who pro- tested and warned against a further loosening of our liquor laws. There was a letter a ls o from a gentleman who wrote from Charlottetown showing how disgusted he was that to u rists couldn‘t go to sit in the p a rk without having young men who were obviously under the influ- ence of liquor come begging themifar a quarter. This is in example of tourists‘ views.

I would like to mention a ser- les of letters by one who would like to have less restrictions than we now have. that appear- ed in this column recently. I am not in a position to know or un- derstand his many little frustra- tions concerning beer. so cannot sympathize with him too deeply. My real sympathy goes’ to those whom he considers as immature for it is not only they but wives, children. and others who m ay suffer on their account. The poi- lce have a big job now without having to look into every home in that there is not eanceeslve drinking going on in his or her family.

ldwri

istaie University had priced a housewife as being worth $2.080 per year. or $320 lower than th Swedish housewife. This U.S.

figure was based upon the surely

‘ unrealistic estima that

7 housewi.fe‘s working week is

only 40 hours. and at work worth

only $1 per hiour or say three-

quarters of the going rate for a

. job as a cleaning woman In one

l of our big cities.

l Ten years ago, when of course

' es lower

E

i of 0nl:a._rio heard an agricultural ec

i 569.000 throughout their married i partnership. This ungenerous makes the average wife. ‘weighing 125 pounds or more. lworth less than her weigm in l gold - which is obviously absurd. 3 What is the working week of ltilie average Canadian 1iousc~ iife’

valuation say

u . ‘ Tins varies considerably thr-

‘ ough the cycle of marriage and

l motherhood. with a young 4 child. it is a seven-day week of seventeen-hour days-with coffee breaks and ibnief meal times.

With other children at. school five days a week. the working hours are 9110 ‘ but there are innumerable evenings and week-

ends ol "baby-slitting" when mother is confined to bannacks and um e to go out to bow

or bridge or beer with her friends and her husband’s.

it is considerably more than the 45-hour week estimated by the Swedish authority. _

Taking an average of 43 years as one span of marriage. the Swedish calculation would make I! wife's value to «her husband 3108.000 for her free services

This estimate seems unreason- ably low.

Writing on this c three years ago. I made a statement which provoked objection from any ireader but did receive

spread -'

"ibinids a robust mal and his home with a gold ring costing him perhaps no more than $25. In exichange for this ibauble and his name. that maid- en mntributiee over ensuing years a quairteir of a million dollars worth of liabour. with love thrown in as a bonus."

Tiia-t figure. 3225.000. ‘ still believe. estirniatie of the material value ofawii toaOane'an. The Swedes. I believe. have under- valued this unique and unselfish comforter on man.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian I-‘lleal

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 21. 1930) .

Mr. R.A. Pi-ofitt of Freetown was re-elected president of the Central Farmers Institute at the 50th annual meeting d‘ the or- ganization today. Mr. J.E. Ding- wel. South Lake, was made vice- president while Mr. W.D. Ross. Kinross. was elected sec- retary. Election of the above of- ficers was made at a directors meeting which followed the gen- eral session lalc this afternoon.’ Fire of unknown origin gutted part of the Montague Memorial school today. causing damage one-

storey wooden building. No one was injured in the blaze which

gun when he went to the build- lnl to tielnd the fut-nan.

A (February 81 III!) Fire which broke out in the used ax-

Milk Allergy Hard To Prove

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellea

Allergy to cow's milk is not al- ways easy to prove. ta aus- pected whenever a bottle baby develops diarrhea. vomiting. ec- zema. asthma. nasal congestion. or hives. Failure to gain weight is another clue. But the major- ity of these manifestations have more common origins.

The easiest test is to withhold milk from the diet for a week or 10 days and see what happens.

a d awn leappeat. milk is started again. and if dis- tress recurs. sensitivity la the likely explanation.

One objection to this plan is

ial blob tests to determine whe- ther the infant is allergic to 'lk

mi .

When sensitivity is severe. a baby may become critically iii. as if milk is -niued

despite diarrhea and vomiting These tiykes lose weight and come dehydrated. Infants with a mild allergy may go on for weeks before the condition be- comes obvious. - i Many of these children have ‘ close relatives with a variety of

allergies. One study along this .' line showed some of the mothers were allergic to milk.

A substitute formula is not al- ways easy to work out. Breast milk is best because it is hypo- allergenic.

Since a change must be made. physicians usually choose my been. but allergy to this sub- stance may exist also. G oa l's milk is next in popularity; if the child becomes sensitized it after two or three weeks. anoth- er change is in order. A meat base or other commercial mula may be tried. New foods are introduced gradually in the diets of these allergic children

CHOLERA PROTECTION

Mrs. C. writes: We are going ‘ to the far east and have to take llnjeclions against cholera. I'm

afraid of them. even though I i don't know the dangers. Please - say something on this subject.

RE LY

I’

These inoculations are safe and any discomfort that might occur at the site of the vaccine- tion is worth gaining protection against is serious disease. The mortality rate from untreated cholera varies from 50 lo 70 per cent. Two inoculations will be needed

SKIN HEMORRHAGES

E. R. writes: What would cause bruising of the skin of the arms and legs without having . bumped against hard objects?

REPLY

Weakened blood vessels or dis- turbances in the clotting mecha- nism may cause these spontane- ous hemorrhages. There are dif- ferent types of bleeders and the condition may be temporary or permanent. The results of treat- ment also vary.

BREATHING Am

MAS. writes: Did you ever hear of a tube being lnserted in- ; to the i h r 0 at to relieve severe ! asthma?

l REPLY , Now and then a tube (bronchu- scopei is passed through the mouth and into the lungs to re- move thick sputum. I am not ac- quainted with the use of a cath- lcr which is passed through an opening in the neck when brea- | thing is difficult. I assume you are not referring to the ordinary aerosol inhaler. 1 HOUSE IS SAFE I C.E.G. writes: Is it danger- . ous to move into a house where the previous owner had hepatit-

_. &

REPLY

l The chances are nil that

No. this liver infection could be con- tracled in this way.