PAGE FOUR ' Ila E .G U A R D I A N be willing to take on the arduous task of

practical politics, is a heartening thing. mu, ,,,m,,,,,,, "I "W auguring good not merely for his own party .i......i cu... um l'oIt Office but for our party system. , "'”',"""'"' ”"'"' Two principles ought to guide the party ii....1:"...l."'.::..::'..':d::.,:'.::"'3": .?,",.,,,, in reshaping their platform. One is to go to A-um-lute uauor, l"rInI wuiim. the grass roots and learn what the people are saying and thinking. The other. under- lined by Mr. Drew. is to put the emphasis on Canadian progress.

PDIIURDAI. NUll'S

llnrulug Aullmrlual II

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

L I'IAllI.0'I'T l'J1'UW N TUESDAY.

APRIL 25. I950

Trans-Ganatla Highlig-

It is inevitable that the selection of al route for the Trans-Canada Highway should . , . . . ,g fail to satisfy everyone. Probably it would; ifsilgggcs. tpubhc mectmg of the- Cmldlen 5 not even be possible to get a majority inl 1e y' . . .

favo'of.ii ' 1. Ti ' ort tthin i.' , . . thatl 8 r':.a:)o:1:lll)lE ChO1.l:e"nbpe :1. do gm?! The natural resources and industrial de-

stuck to so that work can proceed n'ithlVel0pn3em of Alberta are Set forth Stat”

. g .g g g itically in a very attractive volume published dlspakh on this Island ixe hme too one" i by the Department of Industries and Labour

There should be a large attendance at

seen useful projects held up and even shelved because of the objections of citi-l zens who felt that they were cntitled to more consideration in the making of plans but whose efforts only succeeded in caus- ing the powers that be to postpone any action until they could find out just what the Prince Edward Islanders really wanted.

Willi-t-lime Forecast-

Pcssimisni finds no place in the reassur- ing picture given by Trade Minister I-lowel of a new high in public and private capital investment spending in Canada this year. He told the House of Commons that total investment may be increased five per cent over the record 1949 spending of 32.400.- 000,000 and that construction spending will form the biggest part of this increase. New construction expenditures will be 12 per cent higher than last year and will form the larger portion of the total programme. Pub- llc outlay on capital goods is estimated at s1,100,000,000 - an increase of 19 per cent over 1949. About half of this expenditure will be done directly by federal. provincial and municipal governments. The other part will be initiated by institutions. housing and government enterprises.

Longer Life

The U. S. office of vital statistics from I study of 1948 mortality figures reports that the average length of life has increased to 67.2 years. Life expectancy for white women had already exceeded the biblical span of three-score years and ten. It was 70.28 years in 1946.

The prospect of long life for a child born on this continent in 1950 is vastly greater than it was 50 years ago. At the beginning of the century the average length of life was 49 years. In the middle of the 19th century it was much less than that.

This increased longevity has been due largely to improved public health measures and to the conquest, through medical sci- ence, of children's diseases and maternal mortality and the attack on infant mortal- ity. The gains have been made in the lower age rather than higher age brackets.

There has been a striking improvement in reducing infant mortality. For example. of the children born in Canada in 1942-46, about 60.000 lived to their first birthday. who would have died at the rates prevailing 20 years previously.

The conservative conference

Addressing the Progressive Conserva.tive conference-at Ottawa last week. the national

i of that Province.

Russian medical rescarclicrs are using long. sleep therapy. Perhaps this provides a clue to the origin of such announcements from that country as the discovery of elec- triclty.

O O O

The Arts and Crafts Guild handicraft

exhibition opens its second year's showing

.tomorrow. This should provide a measure

of the success of the Guild in encouraging home craftsmanship. O I O This is reported to be the last big year of the R. C. A. F. photo squadrons task of photographically mapping Canada from the skies. Perhaps the equipment and skills available could be turned to the task of pro- viding municipalities with detailed maps for community planning and other uses. 0 O I

The Massey Commission on Arts, Let- ters and Sciences has decided that the brief of thegworld Calendar Association does not come under the Commission's terms of ref- erence. As previously noted. art is long, but it is not proposed to alter the method of measuring its duration.

0 O I

Anzac Day. Thirty-five years ago today the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps gave their name to the place where they landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. An- zac Cove lies under the cliffs of Sari Bair mountain, North of Gaba Tepe. The land- ing was about a mile north of the point originally selected.

I 0 O

Islanders will be gratified at the suc- cess attending the efforts of the three man trade mission to Newfoundland. The addi- tion of a representative of our importing iii- terests in future missions might be well re- ceived by our Newfoundland friends who will appreciate the recognition that trade is a two-way affair.

s O I O

The Financial Post has a word of con- solation for the taxpayer at this season. Several people, says our respected contem- porar , have spoken about the helpful and courteous manner in which they have been received at the Income Tax office where they have gone with bothersome problems. It's the little things like that, it concludes. which make parting such sweet sorrow.

The very large attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. Henry Lapthorn yesterday testified to the wide esteem in which he was held. As a former City Councillor, business man, member of the Masonic Order and

leaderi Comm! Drewl emphasized the. vi.talnSons of England and former trustee of St. importance of organization in the winningmames Church, Mr. Lapthom played a mug

of elections. the case of the British Conservative party and its remarkable recovery from the dis- astrous defeat of 1945. This is the realistic approach to the party's problem in Canada also. and it is well that it should be sounded as the keynote at the Association's first meeting since the election of last June.

According to the Globe and Mail. there.

was certainly none of the atmosphere of .1 wake at last week's gathering. Since 1921 the party has held office at Ottawa for only five years; yet. even by last summer's show- ing, they had a substantial minority-30 per cent-of the votes. Their aim must be to become more than 50 per cent. and that can be done only in two ways. by organiza- tion and by evolving policies which suit the public temper and promote the national in- terest. . 1 Organization. as Mr. Drew rightly said. must be the party's first concern for the present. There are sections of Canada, in- cluding some whole Provinces. where the Conservative party has almost vanished from the political scene because of inactivity on the part of its supporters and the failure to make its case known. Mr. George Now In of Nova Scotia, the newly elected

'pr7dldent,'hns a big assignment on his

hands. One of the leaders of the bar in

fhle Province, 1 vice-president of the Conu- iiIl'l"BIl' Association and a governor of

University. his appointment hen been . with general Intisfectlon. That in

To illustrate his point he cited.

minent part in the life of the community, and discharged every obligation conscien- tiously and well. D O O

Mayors of 250 Canadian communitfcs have received from their national organiza- tion a pamphlet published by the Canadian Welfare Council entitled "Youth in Your Town". being six memos to the mayor draw- ing attention to youths' needs in the mat- ter of jobs, health. recreation. religion, or- ganizations. family. citizenship. expression, understanding and action. It should prove a useful check sheet to see just how our own community is facing the problems of the younger generation.

I 0 0

This nation is in debt to men who saw beyond the forbidding obvious, who threw their hearts ahead. like npuntaineers' scal- ing hooks, and pulled themselves up after them. Has something happened to us in these latter years? Have charts and graphs entangled pioneering feet? Do we too often prate of Enterprise, deplore the Welfare State. but coddle ourselves with caution? Do we, in effect, approach gingerly the two-dol- lar window, and then wonder if we shouldn't cover our bets? Of course, there are still businesses that dare to back a new product or service not only with money but with faith and bright enthusiasm. In them lien theliopeofomoreexcltlngfuture,IbuIi- nest world where adventure still will live-

-Iinofsuclidlet.lnctton,wlthobtuy law -- and wide Milli”-lIItllCll,HKIlId,hIl. wrltehlstory. any: Canadian Bmlnese.

g .

n world where the poet may, as he always

' THE GUARDIAN.

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This 1: lumn an open to uni disc on by ciiirupunuuntg 0! llllelliolu of interest. The tiunrdlnn dou IIDI accuser- "! endorse the opinion of correspondents.

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'0 nounu: rum! suwicn "

Sir. - When the Hon, Lionel Chevrler. Minister of Transport. announced in the House of Com- mons recently that a double ferry service would be operated be. twt-en Borden and 'l'ormcntiiic from Jun: 15th to September lath in an endeavor to better accum- modate the tourist traffic to and from this Province. the Minister made the statemcnfat the" same time that if the operating costs are not offset by additional rev- cncs. it is distinctly understood that the double service will not be authorized in 1951. The Island main-bers had a wonderful oppor- .unily to point out to the House of Commons. and particularly the Minislcr of Transport, part of the Maritimcs had suffer- cdtovcr a long period of years, in bf-"H8 deprived of adequate and efficient service guaranteed this Province under the terms of Con- federation. and as a result was unable to develop its resources. including the tourist trade. Ef- ficient transpoi-tatlon and the cos: of transport is an effective deter-' mining factor. wjethcr it has to do. with the moving of farm pro- ducts. live stock. fish and mor- chandise. everyday passengers. or tourists. ,

Prince Edward island bought and paid for efficient transport and other services when she en- tered Confederation. These scr- viccs were to be supplied and maintained at the expense of the Canadian Government. What the Boards of Trade have been ad- vocating for many years is an auxiliary ferry for cars and trucks. which could be operated at a minimum of cost. and supply the extra service that is so badly needed. if our tourists are to avoid delays in making connec- tions io and from the island. and leave our shores in a happy mood. rather than being disgrun-tied. With the coming of the Trans- Canada Highway the need for such an auxiliary service would be greater than ever. 1 -During the time Hon. Charles A. Dunning was Minister of Rail- ways and representative for Queen's County. he made the statement to Board of Trade of- ficials, during a visit here. that the onily proper and satisfactory solution to give the island the service it was entitled to was an auxiliary ferry. operating day and night. to meet all traffic demands.

A Senate Tourist Committee. who a few years ago were ap- pointed to make a study of the tourist industry in Canada. in re- fcrring to transportation to and from Prince Edward island. stai- ed in their report as follows: "it is the essence of the Canadian partnership that ferry rates and service to and from the Province should be such as to relieve it. in so far as possible. of the disad- vantages of its island position. Anything short of this makes for insularity."

Prince Edward Island stands in an unique position. Her indus- trial and commercial life depends on the adequacy of means of com- munication with the mainland. and the guarantees given her for services as provided to the other provinces was to make this island in real and integral part of the Canadian Confederation. The cost of operating the ferry service and supplying adequate and efficient service is part of the Canadian Govemmen-t's obligation to this Province. Every year it is broad- cast from Ottawa that there is a certain amount of deficit. This published information works to the prejudice of Prince Edward island. and places us in a false light with the other provinces. Af- ter all. the ferry service is a link in the national railway, as well as a highway.

it is conservatively estimated that the ferry develops long-naul ra:l traffico. that brings to the railway several million dollars of revenue per annum. You might as well state that an engine battl- ing a train is causing a deficit by charging up the fuel and wages, and not giving any credit for the long-haul traffic created as a link in the service. The car ferry operating costs should disappear as R deficit in the accounts. and be- come a charge against the con- solidated rcvcnue as car ferry service. being in part fulfilment of lhc Confrdcration Agreement.

Take the Canadian canals. does one ever hear of I deficit be- ing. published? No. it is regarded and treated as canal service. Now I would like to resiectfully sug- gest that if the Minister of Trum- port is so concerned Ibout econ- omy ln ti-imsportatlon "service. rather than deprive this Province further of the services guaranteed by the Confederation PIct that he inform the tnxpnyers of Canada why there is no toll on either Can- Idlsn or foreign vessels using the canals in connection with the St. Lawrence weterwnyl. .The.IO cnnnlscont I (rent rneny million! to condnict. Ind cost I good many more millions per Innum to main- tnln Ind opernte. Both the PInnmI Ind Suez Canal: charge toll; u much u 30:: to 81.00 per ton. and they are self-supporting. The CInIdlnn cnnnls handle more trnf-' flce then my other cumin in the world. in 1048. for which the latest figures are IvIllnble. over twenty million tons of freight were trnnsported. which at ll.I0 per ton would bring in I of-Ivenue of :wenl.y rnllllon. dollerl.

The info Sir ldwnrd Bully. while President of die Cunedlnn Pacific nellwey. I My yllfl be- fore his death. in nothing our the radio from Wlbdlor. Ontario.

lied arrived when there should

cit.-.iu.or1;srowN s PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND , ..

A PLEASANT LINK r , I I

Germans": physique, it seems im- possible to put. her on her feet: without building up her arms. - lklmonton Journel.

I Tnllon in Melbourne. Australia complain that men there are well dressed until they get married. But. that Ippenrs to be the uni- verul norm for the Honest Johns who bring home the bacon - Hunllton spectator.

our oldest and best. friends in the lcansdlnn news , world. we feel that we should pay the Uni- versity of Brlttel-i Columbia is compliment on its good judgement in deciding to place him amongst ilta honorary graduntes. Next month Mr. Nichols is to be given inn honornry degree of Doctor of number of

since M. E. Nichol: is one ofl

how this-

nlado the mutant thlt the time "

be.-a toll on all traffic moving through the Canadian canals.

I would respectfully suggest that the time is long past when our Federal members and the Provincial Government should take a firmer stand. and inform the Canadian Government of our rights in these matters. and insist that they be carried out one hun- dred per cent. This is most cs- scntial if we are to develop the fewresouices we have. and create sufficient opportunities for our boys and girls to remain in .Prince Edward island.

I am. Sir. et.c., J. 0. HYNDMAN Charlottetown. P.E.l.. 24th April. 1950.

POLITIC-ALLY SPEAKING

Vsu.-A few days ago you pub. lished I letter of mine, written in friendly criticism and by way of suggestion. to those to whom has been. temporarily. entrusted the destinies of the Progressive-Coir servative Party in this Province. Today I wish to continue the ex- position a little furthgr. lest. what. I have already written might up- DCGF. incomplete. It is no dls- Knee to a political party to be be- low par of. times. but it is a re- flection on some. person or per. sons. or both. should the party re- main in that. position. without ef- fective effort towards recovery or the attainment of normnl status,

being made.

The Progressivi - Con'erval.ive Party was at one ime a pmverful political force and influence for

good in this Province. That. it has fallen on evil days cannot be dis- puted. in the face of recurring evidence. is demonstrated in one election contest after another for the past. fifteen years or more. That it. can make a comeback tom equally impressive position, is reasonably conceivable. if ye re- view in retrospect the Party's vic- torious experiences slncen and in- cluding. the almost complete ex. termination of the Libmi Gov- ernment early in the year 1912. That it has not succeeded in doing so. since the disaster of 1935. must. beowlng to some reason or com- bination of reasons that have not yet: been officially ackmwledged.

The discovery. the pinning down, and the reporting of apparent causes. without fear or favour. is the responsibility of the Provin- cial mecutlve. Elimination of such. and the rehabilitation of the party, is the duty and obligation of the Provincial Association alone. The main criticism that can be made about the Provincial Executive. and not the present incumbents alone. but predecessors as well. is that no opportunity has been giv- en tothe rank and file of Con- servative voters to meet. together in Provincial assembly. for the past. ten to fifteen years. They have. on occasion n.fl.e1' occasion. asked for such a. privilege and this right has been denied equally often. '

it. is generally conceded that criticism is much easier to indulge in than Man for the solution of A problem. I have mule what 1 deem fair criticism. Now I would venture to suggest. I mode of pro- cedure I believe would lend to I solution. 1 would recommend:

First, that the present executive get togethe in immediate Is- sembly Ind together with every ex- offlclo member or other office holder, including the lender of the Party. representative: from the Womens' Ind Young Poopler As- zoclntlon, resign their positions to the limb man or woman. irrespect- ive of what position they now oc- cupy Ind thus clean off the date completely.

secondly, t.hIt before doing no. Ind while still in Iut.horlt.y, thi Executive Ippolnt I Regency con- ulstlnl of level: mefnborl. two eech from King's Ind Prince Oountlol EH thrice frun Quetnl: u ty.

st. wt curry on pot y I According to be constitution. til Iudh time Is I new Aelochtlon be constituted and eotnbllblied. The: the ponmpel of this Regency be selected with 0. view to compot- Incy. interns! in and desire fa the welfnre of tho ProIreulve-oon- urvntlve Potty Ind impartiality toward; my other consideration 9: objectives...

Thlrdly. um. this lutelflcy be instructed to call I moving of the Prognulve - conservative Aeleoton of Prince Edward Island. to bucoli-

pouubl . one im- oonnnlent3.o?' 0: mu ,3, . a

A. l7?oen-ff;

S PBING

rnere is no time like spring.

When lifols alive in everyt.hi.ng.

Before new nestllngs sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their Journey back

Along the trackless t.rsok-

God guides their wing.

He spreads their table that they nothing luck.-

Before the daisy grows n common

lower.

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

There is no time like

Like spring that passes by:

There is no life uke sprlngllfe born to die.-

Plercing the sod.

Clothing the uncouth clod.

Hatched in the nest,

Fledged on the windy bough,

Strong on the wing:

There is no time like spring that passes by.

Now newly born. and new

Hnstening to die.

-Christina Rossetti 11830-94.)

and be replaced by the new Associ- stlon.

Fourthly. that at this organizat- ion meeting. a slate of officers be elected to conduct the affairs of the Association for the ensuing year. or until such time as would be named for the first annual As- sociation meeting. and-

That at this meeting a con- stitution and code of by-laws be aub'n.itted for adoption. and-

Flnnlly. that at this meetilng I lender for the Provincial Pm- gresnve-Conservntdve Party would be selected.

The above submissions may not be sufficiently all-absorblnc. Ind may. in other respects. be slightly imperfect; but I believe they do portray fairly accurately. the opin- ion and desire of the vast majority of Gonsetvntlve voter: in the Prov- ince. The suggestions are ndvnnced as a challenge to those now oc- cupying responsible poslt.lonawlt.h- in the Party. and their reaction will be awaited with interest: by many.