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‘APRIL’ 11, 1950

THE GUARDIAN

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

.I)A\’, APRIL 1:. I950-

u3.\m.o'rrt.'1'uwN :.._ Wildlife Week

This b21‘ng National Wildlife Week. Hunter's Corner on Saturday revigwed the work of Canada's greatest conservationist. Jack Miner. His memorial is the continued existence of game birds, particularly the Canada Goose, and of many other fonins of wild life. .Wc cannot all set up game reserves or provide feeding grounds for out furred or feathered neighbors, but we can take an interest in them. learn something of their habits and be on guard against do- ing anything to deplete their numbers or allowing others to do so.

Man has taken upon himself to alter the environment in which birds and animals must live and he cannot evade the responsi- bility for their welfare which his interfer- ence implics. it is his decision whether they live or die and if we are to hand on to our children a world as well stocked with every kind of valuable bird, beast and also fish as was left to us, then active conservation prac- tices are essential. The P. E. I. Fish and Game Protection Association gives a valu- able lead in this work, effectively backed by Government regulations and activities such as the stocking of streams and ponds. Suc- cessful conservation measures. however, de- pend upon the co-operation of all hunters and fishermen and particularly farmers who can preserve or destroy local wild life as in- clination moves them.

old has Pension

April 30 is the deadline set for submis- sion of briefs. by Provinces and others in- terested, to the Commons-Senate committee on old age pensions. The committee, and later the Government and Parliament, will be called upon to consider all the diverse proposals, and it is hoped that from them will be drawn up legislation embodying the most humane approach to the problem which the revenues of the country will permit.

The foremost consideration with regard to any improvement in the present System. of course.. must be its economic and ad- ministrative feasibility. This would seem to rule out such proposals as that made in Parliament the other day by Mr. J. H. Rooney, Liberal M. P. for Toronto-St. Paul’s, who urged oldage pensions of $60 Payable to everyone at age sixty without a means test. The estimated number of Canadians who would be eligible under this plan would be 1,500,000. The cost would be $1.014,448,- 000, which is considerably more than the huge total the Federal treasury is now re- ceiving in income taxes.

Under the present plan the Provinces must contribute 25 per cent ,of pensions pay- ments and herein lies another obstacle to financing the scheme on as generous a scale as everyone would like to see. In this Province, the estimate for old age pen- sions for the current fiscal year is.$1,240,- 000. The number of persons receiving pen- sions has doubled in the past ten years, and so also has the maximum amount payable. from $20 to $40 monthly. ljlon. Mr. Mathe- son, Health and Welfare Minister, estimated in the House that if the pensionable age was reduced from 70 to 65 years. it would COS! this Province 70 per eeht more; if reduced from 70 to 60 years, the additional cost would'be 140 per cent. How we are to fi- nance a plan under either of these condi- tions. he did not attempt to say.

The original purpose in providing that A portion of old age pensions payment‘ be made by the Provinces was to conform to the provisions of the B. N. A. Act. This requirement could be met equally well by reducing the 25 per cent provincial contri- bution to 10’ per cent. Some such readjust- ment will have to be made in any scheme in- volvlng heavier overall payments. The poor- er Provinces are incapable of assuming the additional burden, and it is unfair that they should be asked to do so when their rev- enues are so rigidly limited through invasion by the Federal Government of their most profitable taxation fields.

EDIIURIAI.

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Easter Tuesday. . , I

The American Medical Ansociatlon said

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6,600,000. There are still snuff addicts in Canada, but evidently they are dying out. the sales for the first two months dropping from 78,000 lbs. to 73.000. . O O 0 Georgetown has ‘always prided itself on being a winter port but it looks as if Char- |otteto\vn harbour.has the edge just new 0 London's big new concert hall now being ‘built on the banks of the Thames will be called “The Royal Festival Hall". a name chosen by His Majesty the King. 0 O I The Government closed the highways only to heavy trucks but the ‘weatherman extended that ban to all traffic over the week-end. ’ 0 Venus is at greatest elongation this date, and is a brilliant morning star in the east. in a small telescope at this time, the planet looks like a miniature moon at last quarter. I 0 Senator Howard of Sherbrooke has been elected Mayor, succeeding Alphonse Tru- deau. His election maintained Sherbrooke's 70 year tradition of alternating English and

French speaking mayors every two years. I O D

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'l‘he Red Cross has increased the num- bcr of blood donors it is asking for. The increase represents the larger number of Islanders who have benefited by volunteers’ blood being available in their time of need.

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The proposed extra trips of the Wood Islands Ferry, to be made possible by the provision of navigation lights, should end one of the principal deterrents to use of that route, the possibility of not finding room on the last boat.

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The Ottawa‘ Journal, referring to the budget brought down sometime ago, declares that reducing the tax on ice cream did not make it a children's budget. Those who so view it overlook entirely that it also re- duces the tax on soap.

All politicians do not die unduly rich. Take for instance '1‘. L. Church, veteran ‘Progressive Conservative member and for- mer Mayor of Toronto; he died worth ex- actly $34,300. or which $27,000 was insur- ance, and $7,300 in cash——probably his year's indemnity plus.

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Should sovereignty extend over persons or over territory, is an ancient constitution- al problem. Ontario is adopting the prin- ciple of territoriality in legislating to pre- vent American courts from requiring parties before them to produce on subpoena, re- cords located in that Province.

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More tourists than ever this year means that it is more than necessary to take full advantage of the Island's feature attractions. Seafoods, safe warm salt water bathing, warm days and cool nights, modern conven- iences and an atmosphere of calm should combine to bring the majority of our visitors back again and again. 0

The American Civil War began this date 1861. This resulted in a breach of the friendly relations with the British Empire; the tendency today is to re-consolidate the English speaking nations together with the other liberty loving nations of Western Europe which refuse to bow the knee to Stalin.

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The chief scientific officer of the.Brit- ish Government's Overseas Food Corpora- tion has estimated the world population as being 2,264,000,000 and predicts that it will reach 3,000,000,000 within 50 years, declar- ing that present farmlands cannot supply so many with food. It is hardly necessary to remark that the Island will continue to strive to fill any such growing demand.

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Rndiotoiograph communication between Britain and ships at sea is maintained through fourteen Post Office radio stations situated at convenient points round the coasts. Through these stations messages can be sent to or received from ships in any part of the world. During 1949 the Post‘ Office coast stations handled 790,700 radio- telegrams to and from ships, containing more than 12,520,000 words.

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A new step towards the elimination of dazzle in night driving has been taken by a London inventor who has just produced I prototype anti-damle lamp. Upw raysof light from the lower half of the lamp are almost entirely eliminated by an unconven- tional reflector,_ which has its lower half ‘lion- structed in the form of step: which do- flect llght down to the road. The trends of the steps are Inclined downwards towards their forwardedgea while tho_rIIorIIroin- cllnod from their upper edges to their .180 IW-Mg‘ lilht. , .

A PUBLIC FORUM

This column II oven to the tlllcfilllon by cilrronpuudgntg ol queotlonn it mteronl. The Guardian coon non noooIIIr- lly undone tho opinion of oorroopondonto.

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Sir.—ln view of the forthcoming agreement to be signed between the Dominion and Provincial Gov- ernments i would like to make ;. few conmlcnls on the route of the Trans-Canuda Highway. in particu- lar the llosltlon of the bridge across North River.

Considerable agitation und argu- ment. and even a canvas and sub- scription of money toward the building of in bridge at Brighton. has taken place in pnst years.

It seems strange that there -3 such an apparent apathy and lack of interest at this vllnl time. Are We becoming degenerntc? Are the welfare state rrudlr.--to-grave pen- sions. ctc.. having their inevitable effect and do We meekly accept from an all-powerful Government what they are pleased to hand out?

Governments can only apportion what we have given them. Let us then take an intelligent in- terest in the spending of our own money.

A )'¢‘r)' sensible ruling of the Dominion is that the route follow the shortest practical course. The Brlghton site is the shortest. The question then is. is it practical?

Perhaps at first glance it seems quite a bit wider than l‘iil|(’I‘ Beach Grove or Lewis Point. two other frequently mentioned sites: but much of this extra Width in flats easily filled with modern machin- ery. The actual width of the chan- nel does not vary greatly and the Brighton site does not present any insurmountable engineering prob- lem.

We come then to the vital mat.- tcr of cost. This seems to he the areal obstacle in the minds of the local Government and we can com- mend them for their economy of public funds. Let us. however, ex- amine this matter of cool: a little more closely. Suppollng We accept the arguments of the opponents of the site that it would cost half a million dollars more. One half of this would be borne by the Dominion. leaving $250.000 to be paid by the Province. Recent Pro- vincial bond issue: have borne in- terest at a little over 3% which would require between 6 and 7% to refund in 20 years. Subtracting the saving in'tlie construction of the extra miles of pavement we find that it would amount to about $15,000 extra for 20 years to place a bridge at Br-lghton.—not I staggering sum In a six million dollar budget.

ll can therefore be seen that the extra cost of I bridge at Brighton is not the great obstacle we are sometimes led to'belleve. It will not cost: as much to maintain the extra length of bridge as it would

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For lone

'eilher on P.E.I. or at Ottawa he

needs to start. up I feed service or a fertilizer plant; unles houses the Sure-Gain Jrade-name on his product. he will find himself squeezed out of business and he too will realize that free enter- price has long since been re- prlnced by capitalilt flIOI'IOD0ly.

I wonder if “Mr. Enthused" is aware that he is supporting I policy that is allowing our na- tural resources to be exploited by foreign copiul. allowing sums of upward: of three hundred mil- lion dollar: to leave Canada in profit; annually. Exploitation of the Alberta oil fields profits will soon exceed the three hundred million mark. This in the Lib- eral Iystem of mining Canada in order to build up United State: economy.

why not bolster our own econ- omy in Canada rather than hav- ing our ore sent all the way to the New England States and hav- ing to buy back our steel. We have plenty of coal in Nova Sco- tia for blast furnaces and plenty

to maintain the extra length of 01' unemployed to make steel- pavement so that we have ,, 53,-. But. of course. this is not. Lib- ing there which will continue long 91'!‘ Poll!!!-

aflcr the bridge is paid for.

Merchants. produce dealers. truck owners-—what penalty will they pay if the bridge is placed up the ri\'cr, requiring an extra 4 or 5 miles per round trip? An average of 5 trips weekly means 1000 miles a year. which at the low rate of 5 cents per mile means 550 a year. What then of the man who operate: several trucks or who makes more than 5 trips per week? From the viewpoint of those most concerned. the people who will use this road. the question is not can we afford to build the bridge at Brighton. but can we afford to build it elsewhere?

This is an important matter affecting not only tlw present but future generations. e have been penalized for years In having to travel the present circuitous route. So let us unite in demanding that the new bridge be placed at the logical. most direct course. A route running north and by-passing the City Is not needed here where lfhcre is little or no through traf-

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\Vc cannot blame the Govern- ment if We sit idly by and do not nmke our wishes known.

I am. Sir, etc. MOTORISI‘. Cornwall. P.E.l.

FARM INTERESTS NEGLECTED

Sir,—lf you will permit me some space in your valuable and interesting Forum column I wish to make a reply 0 a letter of this column in the A ril 5th issue of The Guardian.

I shall endeavour to satisfy Mr. “I-3ntliused‘s" curiosity. He says i am a‘Tory. He will be

more enthused to note that I have great. admiration for Dr. MacMlllan as I medical man and Is I private citizen. I believe he is I tme gentleman but. as I politician he IS indifferent. I would say he is one category above Premier Jones. in that he does recognize there is something wrong. He too appar- ently haa no solution to right that wrong.

“Mr. Enl.hused" tell! us Ill is well in the potato industry. We have been given I two dollar re- duction on the price of fertilizer The potato growern accept: this reduction with thanks. I won- der if '.'Mr. Enthuood" is aware of the fact. that (luring the war thdre were two large nitrogen plant; built in Upper Canada to manufacture Immonlunr nitrate for war purponu. Thou plant: were owned Ind operated by the ConIdlIn Government; they manu- factured Imnlonlum Illtrlfa It Ibout one-thlrd'of what it to colt- bn in today. Thou phat: were lrlult out of publ funds and pro- vided pimp nltro form: pur- poses no could hm done the Iirno-lab for agriculture. but um no notfllibcnl policy. They well IRON E “E0 follld then would hbvo to an , ~.1llolr_p rrllndl. continue. to

Stlll "Enthused" claims he is I good fanner and still; he tells us he Ind the Premier attended num- eroun hockey matches, jointly I presume. Permit me to suggest that neither he nor the Premier Ire good farmers or they could not find time IwIy from their farm: for numerous hockey games. I recognize hockey as I mean: of healthy recreation for the youth of our country.

“Still Enthused“ tells us there was no ill-went funds. I presume he mom: in the Public Works Do-I

pnrvmenl, as they get. the lion’:

share to spend. This gentleman must have been out of the Pro- vince ten days prior to the last Provincial election. Had he had occasion to t.rIve.l through Prince County he would have Icon all the “dcubtfula" that owned I tractor—;Ind there were many; they were out on the ‘road with another army following. As long as you had the Liberal aYomI you were eligible to join the Lib- cral army: your name was on the Liberal payroll—and this It I time of year when the ground was freezing at night and very unsuitable for road construction. Regardless of those facts it serv- ed the purpose it was intended for

On another occasion when there was a by—olection coming up in Fourth District, about ten days before this election was to take place. nearly all the available parking opaces were taken up with some kind of road equipment which resembled the Army getting ready for In invasion. At. that time I happened to be chatting with one of the Liberal agents and drew hll attention to the large display of equipment. Hi: commdnt wu. "If we had more by-elections we might get some action from the Department." This was not to be seen; the out was not contested; the Army re- trolted to whence it came and has been little heard of llnco.

In cloning I would Iuggoot. it my critic in Just I little buhful about signing his ‘name. it in quite excusable, ll many Lib-

erals do not care to be publicly .

identified. I would appreciate h_lI name by private letter or come- thne in the futures I might hap- pen to be attending the C.C.!'. Nllionnl Council In Ottawa and could look him up In the action. I no. air. etc. .

CLAYTON SE11’!-I. Freetown. P.l.l.

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II ‘ll too much‘ uh that people with no knowlod of native life in south Africa should be very

y wary nI\l'lIlhing into trovoray. ;We who know South Africa. well Ind In native life know the IVGI‘-7-, Ion which ‘most. natives hnve to m1;g¢.mg-rlagoa. The Buuto. for instance, hate them; theyukc blond tiolbo pure, whether white or black. It in no quec on of fhorIllty—-prn- jumghly fin llahmnn can moral- ly marry In Bklmo or I I-letter» tot-bul: it is very decidedly a

- question of wlidom. All I have seen

of “colorod" people in South Africa makes me perfectly clear that it 18 a terrible mistake. The colored hate their strain of black blood. and the -natives despise them. frhat is just sheer fact. and has to be faced. — Bishop Carey in London Times.

If you ever meet I womln and get lntaa situation -where the two of you are shaking hands, you will find that she may say all sorts of peculiar things, but one thing she will not say is. “Please excuse my glove". This phrase is used by men only. Women never apologize for

‘ wearing a glove. If they have gloves

on. they seldom try to bare their right. hand for a shake. Men make I great job of trying to get the

They usually don't quite get the glove off. so then they say. "Please excuse 1 y glove". It gives them somethln to say, something de- finite and socially safe. The phrase is 'much safer. for instance thnn, "How Ire you?" when I further glance may show that the person It the other end of the handshake. is in a bad way indeed. some ‘men put real emotion into "Please ex- cuse my glove", soundlng almost as

though they were saying Iomoth new II they grin with relief It Im. in; the glittering "bop mac" 1-,”, At this time of year. men begin to find themscu, meetlna people and bracing um... selves for I few words of .,o,,_ vorsotlon, and not having 3, you to try getting off and therefore am being able to apologize about 1; when men became Wnxuetigd H, the spring it uud to be thougm that it was love. but now it is see that they just haven't anyzhlug K; say who I gm 1

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“HllDIBRAS"

Our pains are real things, and .1 Our pleasures but fantastical. Diseases of their own accord, But. cures come difficult and ham our noblest piles and statcliest‘

rooms |A.re but outhcuses to our bombs;

glove off their hnndshaking hand. Cm“ m°“3" "97-“' 5° 3'95‘ and

brave Bul. mere warehouses to the grave. our bravery's but a vain disguuq

To hide us from the world's dull eyes.

The remedy of I defect.

with which our nakedness lg docked

Yet makes u's mule _wlth ptrlde nu boast As if we had gained by being lost —Sa/muel .- Butler <1612~so> ~

Old C Iiarloltetown (And 1'. 2. 1.;

ACADIANS ON LOT 15

From In add:-cu to Her MI- jesty Queen Victoria. prepared by I comm4't.lee‘of the House of As- sembly. March 14. 1850:

“Your Majesty has been grI- ,

ciously pleased to direct the Lieu- tenant Governor to reduce the up- net prices heretofore demanded for Crown lands in this Island. to the sum of £25 currency for every 100 acres. The House of Assem- bly bog to bring under your MI- jectyb consideration that. in 1763. the yea when this Island. fp- gether w lh “the Province: of Can- Ida and Nova Scotia were ceded by France to Great Britain. it was stipulated by Treaty. dated 10th Feb. 1768. that the French. the then inhabitants of those Provinces. should not be disturbed in their possession. The House of Assem- bly beg to remark that the French inhabiting this Island have been the only exception to the stipula- tions thus made. and while the French people inhabiting the Pro- vince of Canada obtained the full benefits of the foregoing stipula- tion. the French inhabiting this 1.!- land were altogether deprived of the arrangement thus entered into, and so wisely carried out in the former Province.