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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1M8

Old Home Week

Once again ztil Maritime roads \\'ill be lead- ing to Charlottetown next week, with an un- excelled progrzmntie scheduled for Old Home “leek and the Provincial Exhibition. The big four days’ harness racing, of course, is the ma- jor attraction, which _is bringing people here front till parts of liztstcru Canada and many parts of the bnitcd States. But the livestock show, titt- yznnlvvtllc rtcts, the roaring midway and tho ~-:tl:\ cvcttitlg .~ll<I\\'S combining ztll the colorful tcutnrc, of tltc Fair, are also big draw- ing cards.

In addition, the fact that so many former Prince lidivztrd Islanders take this Opportunity 0f revi~iting frit-tnls 11nd rrlzttives, along with I1l0ll>ltllll> Ill ittltt-rs on whom the tiniqtic charm

_of the l-lnntl will work its tnzigic, makes this

great mutual cvvnt one of all-absorbing inter- est. \\'ith finc \\*<‘:tthct'—\vhicl1 Col. Mncki - non and .\lr. lb-ttltcr, the lhtins energetic main- springs, Scclll i1t\".trittbly' to have at their dis- posal—thc attendance next weekyis likely to break all past records.

Our farmers and other citizens, however busy they may be, cannot afford to miss this big Island get-together. But why argue that point, on which there is no disagreement? We may be at odds as Islanders on other matters, for we are individnalists first and always. and like to “gang our ain gait" and think and talk as we plcztsc; but when it comes to Old Home \\'eek our utmnintity; is as complete as any con- census of opinion is likely to be in this unstable "world.

A Growing Export Industry

The Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada has just announced sale by Canadian breeders to ti special buying mission sent out by the British liricsiati Society of 22o specially select- cd llolstcin Cillllt: zit a total cost of more than half a million dollars. The quality of these cattle can be itidged from the price paid, an average of $2,037 at the farm, and the fact the animals sclcctcd met the ltighest specifications ever established for a large scale importation. The litiglish buyers paid $10,000 for one two- months-old heifer, a daughter" of the famous Alcartra. Gerben, world's champion butterfat producer. Top price paid for a bull was $7,500.

The, fact that llritish breeders and dairy farm- ers have come to Canada for animals of this calibre is a tribute to the great stride made by breeders in this country. There are rumors that other British buyers are interested. Already our cattle etijoy t» fine reputation in the United States, many have gone to Mexico in recent years, to other South American countries. Just last week zt transport ’plane left Toronto with eight pure bred llolstein bulls aboard for Cuba and Pucrto Rico. Seven of them had been pur- chased tn- the Cuban Minister of Agriculturc. The young bulls were in the hands Of their new owners within l2 hours, the cost about the same as when shippctl by rail and water.

The ttitivftncnt of pure bred stock is not all in one direction, notes an exchange. At Ho- Qtica, four recently imported Ayrshirc cows and heifers were sold to a Toronto farm owner for a total of $8,000. But at the Same S118 33 (Tnnadian bred Ayrshires were purchased by US. buyers. 'l‘his export business in high- class breeding stock‘ has bccotne a profitable sideline for Canadian farmers, an important fac- tor in Cztttzttlzfs export trade and one likely to grow-

Ittcidtttitztllv, Princt- Edward Island has the only l‘r<-tnicr who hats gninctl outstanding stic- ccss in this licld. Nor are all our first class dairy cattle being exported by any means, as will bc antply (lctnonstratetl at the Provincial Exhibition here next week.

Unwise Pressure

Prcsstirt; from certain Quebec members of the llutlsc of Commons has resulted in the Domitiioti (ioycrnttictit giving serious considera- tion to the question of a general amnesty for dcsertcrs from the armed services. The Cabi- net has not capitulated as yet, and certain Nlin- isters are said to be resisting vigorously any- thing in the nature of a general pardon.

There arc'a number of factors to be consid- ered in the tnatter of a general amnesty First among them is the question of service dis- cipline. No armed service can exist or func- tion without discipline. But discipline breaks down completely if men can desert-and go free of punishment, provided they can escape detection IOng enough. If those thousands who deserted when the call came to g0 overseas dur- ing tlie war were granted a pardon now, what chance would there be of imposing proper dis- cipline on the remaining forces?

Tluxe is, points out an exchange, another nportlnt factor which should not be Ignored _at this time. It is the recruiting drive t: men; for the pernuinent forces. If deser- flea-in, wartime is not to remain an offence, ‘W111i honesty eould the services discipline

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who joins the permanent army be able to desert as the desire overtakes him and expect to be excused of his crime if he is not immediately caught?

Minister of Defence Abbott has a great res- ponsibility in this matter. If he is interested in the welfare of the forces, which it is his responsibility to raise, train and maintain, he cannot support the propqscd amnesty for those who deserted Canada and their comrades in

ment for thg sake of DlllllSlllllfillI. It is the fundamental question of military discipline and the equality of all tncn before the law.

Wooden Bu mpers

The Ottawa Jottrnal reports the appearance

new automobiles with wooden bumpers bolted across the rear-dike a house with a stone front} and a. clapboard back. t

It would be nice, says the Journal, to think‘, that the manufacturers were seeking to take‘ some of the luxury and some of the cost out of motor cars by putting on a bumper which could be replaced fOr a dollar or so if it were brokenl in an accident, but this is not the casca. The wooden scantling will be replaced by. a massive affair of chromium-plated steel in due; course so that symmetry and luxttry may be, tnaititaitted. Nevertheless it is interesting to‘ contemplate eycit ltricflv. this utility bntnpcr. at‘ piece of unpainted wood on 1t vehicle which‘ otherwise is a triumph of metal, wood, rubber. paint, and human ingenuity. It takes one back! to the days of the farm wagon, which was a simple ztllair with fOur wheels nndn platik plat- form "and was strictly ittilitariztn in all its pur- poses, and changed but little in centuries. lt is: a reminder of the immense changes which the last few years have brought about--from that farm wagon to the lovely. smooth, powerful motor car of today which still smnctitttcs reaches back to the past for one of its parts.

o- EDITORIAL NOTES .-—.

Next week——Old Home Week.

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Prince Edward Island should have been in the limelight over the Atlantic salvage incident, only the Canadian Press did not play it tip. It was a great opportunity to let the world know the Island is an exporter of mine pit props for Great Britain, and that the S.S. Elizabete, the salvage steamer was chartered by the Berg- mann Construction Co, Ltd, llontagtic, at thc time for the purpose.

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It will not be denied by any one aware of the circumstances that laxity in the issue and hon- ouring of doctors scripts by \'C‘!l(l‘UI‘S in this Prohibition province is rcstionsiblc for a great deal of trouble and cvcn tragedy. Hardly .'t week passes without reports of cases of drunken driving, followed in not a fc\v instances by ac- cidents. Now we have a tnnnth old trzigcdy at Souris only now to be inycstigtitcd.

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It must be gratifying to the City Council to

their time of need. It is not a. matter of punish-'

on the streets of the Federal capital of beatitifitll

rm: CHARLOTTEIUWN ‘GUARDIAN

‘Notes

By The Way

Farmers say nlen of frenh fruit ere being affected by the shortage ‘n! stigar for preserving, and com- plain that “10 pounds Isn't enough". Some people, even at this date. seem to have difficulty ln getting _the idea that mere ls a worl shortage of sugar and will be for ,some time to oome and that be- walling the fact will not make for a particle of improvement. Also, l-t muy have occurred to the 0b- jcctive observer that the prices may have something to do with the sales! —Brur.tford Evposiltor.

Report comes from Brocebrldge which gives an added interest to the null shortage. The Muskoka Herald remasks that a Wartime Prices and Trade Board official had declared that nail production was at a record high, and he at- tributed the prevailing scurclty to the vast amount 0,! building 111 Canada WIllCfl was uslrr; up every lull. To this the Herald acldsh- “Since that appeared in the Herald 1t. h-as been questioned, fo: one 0f om- Summer people had brought in with him from the United States for building operations here a keg or nails. They an; Canadian. nails. selling- for a higher prim‘ 111 K118 U.S A. than under the Conanlitm

rice ceiling.“ This story 15 Te" mlntscent of the report Mot Canv- adlan shirts, which are ‘n 511011 supply here. ore available in Be."- muda. -—T0l‘On1.o Telegram.

Preparations are now under way to welcome Viscount Motitgomery to Halifax. 1v». ‘lope that he w‘ ' approve of our efforts, perhaps more than a orevlous visitor tiid. Helen Champion writes in The Halifax Herald. Back ln 1736, Hal’.- fax was excited at the pros r. of an important; yitsltor, for Pr nee

,Willia‘m Henry (who later nscendw-d ‘the throne as William IV; was to

arrive in thorny. Down at Government "ourc the Prince was "bored to death with numerous addresses." But unlike munv an- other visitor, he knew what to dc about; it. "At lest the young mim- sick of the .-r‘.'l|(-.ss spec-curs, bet;- ged Parr to ‘ct him off easy and expressed a deslrt- to be consider- ed as only n naval commander- "The request was granted and sev- enal long addresses were merew handed unread tr the Prince." That the Prlvne appreciated the gesture may he scen In ‘he fact that he came back to the city @116 very next year. but 1t should serve as a warning for those contemplat- ing the entertairment of other important visitors. Even vlslttntl dignitaries can fzet tired v.1 111B most. eloquent and friendly of ac‘.- dresses.

In 1944. for the first time in our history, the Average length o! llfe (expectation of life at birth» of the American people. ucllng military personnel within .. coil-t- try exceeded 65' VC-JTS. Th» actual figure. 65 1-8 yours, is almost 1b years greater than at the begin- ning of the century. As a result of this truly verrtarkable gain, the person- of age 2n now ha: on an leverage as mrmv years of life re- mninlng as the new-twin child had in 1900. twin more striking ls the observation that, whereas or‘.- cording to the earlier mortality only three-gunners of the bablcs would attain we 25. unlit-r Dre- sent conditions l.lll'C2-fltlllll€l's nf them -wil1 rcnrh tigc b7. ~—Metro-

politan Life Elulir-tin.

TIIE 111-5101‘? of the mind reveals

learn that in the opinion of at least one Hali- gonian our police force are gentletnen compared with those of his native city. It is a standard well worth itiaintaining, though we have prac- tical authority for knowing that “a policeman}; life is not a happy one." a- 4- m 4- .

The French Revolution broke out this dzttc

were never again free; an itidescribable mad- ness seized the nation; and “Death to the aristo- crats!" was everywhere the cry. “Vl/hateyer," says Carlyle, “is cruel in the panic fury of twenty-five lllllllOll men, whatsoever is great in the sintultatieotts deztth-dcfiztitce of twenty- five million men, stand here in abrupt contrast

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Preparatiotts are__goitig ahead for the rcccp- tion of the great Viscount Montgotncry who is to visit us on the 20th. Everything possible should be done to make his welcome worthy 0f the hero and of the [irovincc which scnt the record number of its sons to support him at the front. Everybody should lend .'tssistztttcc- for not only does the Occasion dcscrve it, but n successful demonstration will induce the pow- ers-tltat-be at Ottawa to include us in other similar visits 0f distinguished public men.

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A Britishijct aircraft, the .\lctcor, has flown at six ltundretl and thirty ntilcs pcr hour, a new world record. This was rcycziled on luly 12th when the United Kitigdotti .\ir Ministry an- nounced the formation of an l{..\.l*‘. high-speed flight. The flight. which will be cqttippctl with Meteor aircraft fitted with Rolls-Royce Dcrwcnt engines, will make further attacks on the air record early next tnonth. The pilot of the Meteor which has already ll(1\\‘ll_ZlI six hundrctl andwhirty miles per hour is Wing Commandct" Beamont, D.S.(_), Britain set up a ivorld air speed record of six hundred and six miles per hour last November. On this occasion too, the tnachine was a Meteor.

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The future of France as well as of Crcrmany is at stake, and emigration is being considered. ‘iThough the French are not to any extcnt an

emigrating people, Frenchmen seeking their

fortunes abroad will need something special to offer in the way of technical training or intell- ectual gifts. There have been no large French emigration ,mov’ements since the Crusades and the Middle Ages but there has been a steady trickle across the fronticrs- the Savoy-ards at- tracted to Geneva, the Catalonians to Barcelona and so on. In the 19th century a movement to- lward Canada and the United States Iiegnn. At the beginning of the 20th century there was a yearly average 0f 13,000 emigrants leaving France. Before the First World War the statist- ics were as follows: 270,000 French emigrants to Europe, réopoo to North America, 140,000 to South America, 17,000 to Africa and 10,000 to Ania _ t

1792 after which Louis XVI and his Quecnl

‘that men have been mastered by lobsesslons fro-tn timp to time, which yhave resulted In some extraord- ‘inary efforts to prove the-tr truth, ‘says The Toronto Globe 1nd Mall. .Centur£es were wasted. for-at:- ample, in the fruitless search for the philosophers star-e. which would turn hasur metals tnto golrt The mlmculons substance was nevc-r found but men learned much from their cbsession which noihfng elm might have tnngltt them. With tmllllons o,f people today, ire search for happiness is an obsession which thas enslaved thclr thoughts and lmotlves. It has become tin. stami- jnrd by Which they judge every/- lthing. It explains their restless behavior, their pzisslon for escape {They exist In n; unreal world of drca-ms, where nll the stories, the plays and the movies havt happy endtras. They evade their respon- sibilities ln government, in family life, 1n every field which dccnancis serious thought. They can scare»- ly explain ivlmt they sen‘: but seem convinced that is is to be ICUIII in thrills and excitement, tn spet-tl and noise. Happiness, l1oy.'evt-r, ls an elusive obltvr‘. and comcs most readily when 1t is not sought too directly, It is n-vt. an ntflnlty of extremes tlnd lives best tn quiet ‘surroundings. Happiness comes from contentment of spirit. rathtr itlmr. from tin avoidance of un-

pleasgntness. If the obsession of the cult of IHDPIIIGSS has taught anything, lt ls tum happiness can- tnot be captured by force. 1'. is best found In thr simple things, thu old things which PCCPIG have known and ‘ov-“d IQ!‘ b0. 111111111. many cars. "To dig a little. 1°. pray a. little. tn tight a little. to love 1|. little, to go to the sea. tn ships. to drn/w 1111111 brcaths owr spur or plow, to wntcn the seasons co .., and the blossoms set~these 1111p‘; bring happiness beyond n11 reflwl and beyond all explaining.‘ If ever there was a retype for napplnzss, the tngredtct-ts would include those. 1t would do r0 ‘mm toned-d the silver stars, the lonely 111-11011. tl-e melody of brook and bird There .15 happtnesg In the smell‘ of the wgodgy the shy peouly of tne wild- flowers, the -:1'F-8111S "T515 °1 baby. It. is founddfl owe v1 1111M- lseek that rust. . .

"THREE WORDS"

Arms that welcome-reaching out. es that. smile-through tears;

L ttle lectures known and loved, Turning back the years.

Hints of mother's tempting foods Filling all t-he D1889.

Tome unsteady. sweat. and good. Father saytntl Grace. . Sliver. hull‘ once brown and gold; Hearts mode you with Joy. Hopgy voices echo n; "We ome heme, my boy. Precious. precious, all of these- l-lear me while I roam-

Bleued, blezsad memorial. Father, moths; home.

--WllIlefn p. nicom. Cenaolm Arm. (tenant: at Charlottetown.)

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"glowing embers.

UBLIC FURUM Thll column h ope; lg: the dlleoalon o; eorro IPondenb of qneottonn el Interest. ‘Ill Cilrtottetown Guardian done not neoounr t ll; entlo he opinion oi AJTOIIOIIQUI‘ ,

AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII REQUEST FROM BIBS

Sin-I would very much like te- have a pen-friend In Charlotte- town or nearby. Lam 1B years old, fond of all sport; swimming. ten- nls, etc. and I am working .n an office in Dublin. I am Interested in stamp collecting, art and music among other thI-ngs.

Could you possibly put me In touch with either a boy or girl between 18 and 30 years old, with n view to starting a correspon- dence? I would be very much obliged to you for so doing. I am e Presbyterian, although I am Irlsli.

Thanking you in anticipation.

I am. Slr. etc SIIEELAGH FITZSIMMONS,

Royal Bank House Arron Quay.

Dublin,

Eire.

APPRECIATION y

Sin-Rev. J. A. Jardlne and the trustees of the United Church at Crapnud. recently struck by light- ning, desire to express their most sincere thanks and gratitude. tn- the young men o! lhe neighboring village of Victoria fur their most efficient help in controlling the fire. We feel that but for their timely help. the Church and all the southern section of the millage would have been burned. .

Whereas all of them deserve Lhe highest praise we cannot p558 without mentioning the name of George McLeod who clnlmbc-rl n ladder from the slippery roof of the manso building i0 the top of the spire 65 to 70 feet high and cut an opening through the ox- treme top-worrying up the hose Iie succeeded in putting out the last During all this time water from the hose was falling on the spire top.

Again we wish to express c-ur thanks to the athletic fire men of Victoria.

A. It. BOVYER, Chairman o! Trustees. Crapaud. Aug. 8. 1946.

"FARMING THEN AND i

NOW“ ,

Slr.—'rhere was plenty of food for thought l1 your editorial titled "Farming Then And Now" in the Aug. 3 Guardian. based on the experience of’ a British farmer (Mr. Ralph Wiglitmant and I was especially Impressed with this as- sertion: "The few implements were fairly primitive and were made locally by the village blacksmith": nrd this: “The colt grows in vaule for the first five vears of its life- tne machine is worth less every time it Ls used.” -.

It is indeed interesting to re- flect upon the steadily shangtr-f! economic and industrial and social picture? I recall the fact that, as rcccr-fly n: I876. the rurnl- urban population ratio m North Anterior; stood at 80-20, whereas today the position ls almost revers- ed with 23 people lilting on 111': farms and 7'7 In town an: city.

Yet. largely as a result nf Wllil. the professor terms “technological dsvelcpmet-x", the food tonnag: from North American farms tn 1946 is immeasurably heavier than the production seventy years ag: though built on. the enenzzes of (J per cent of the DOIJIIIBIIOH? ‘Ti-r f-ict it. that Agriculture has been t slowly responding to the speed- ier tempo oi.’ the industrial revol- ution and is. today, not atone thel largest and most essential actlvly 0,! the North American continent but the biggest “Big Business" on, earth-—roughly, as big as all thel rest of urban energies combined. I

Now that man has found a way to “put the tireless: shoulder of the rivers" into harness down on the farms, we move lotto a new era Zor rural living? For good or .ll It will bring ln the rural businessman and send the subsisting peasant out. If orgnnizafions like the Food and Agriculture. 1 Org anlzatlon (FAQ) can win through, nn their objective o1 "n better-fed human fijtmlly evernvherel", we may find thutinlMél we are only hall- wuy up the frmn production lad- der, leading '0 a material base fr!" “the more abundant life" for all? Whatever else the ski-called "atomic age" may achieve, there will remain the age-old query— When do we eat?"