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éAGl! FOUR I TllE oiinniorrcrowii GUARDIAN ;

Morning Dolly (Founded in 1881i

Authorised no Sooond Clans Mall. Post Oflieo Department. Ottawa. I

Incident. [on A. Barnett; Vlco-neoidont, Wm. It. Barnett; Soap-Tron, G. M. Burnett; Editor uno ll_ c’ Director, J. B. Burnett; Associate Idiom;

Frank Walker.

“Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

THURSDAY_ AUGUST ‘l. 1941

llext Week's Big Event

All roads will lead next week to the Pro- vincial Exhibition and Old Home Week at Char- lottetown, and by all indications there will bo record-breaking crowds of islanders, former ls- landers and visitors from all parts in attend- ance. The programme of harness racing, live- stock competition, vaudeville and other attrac- tions has been published, and these are such as ’to appeal to all classes.

This is the first year's Exhibition under its new management, consisting of a number of live-wire local citizens headed by President H. .l. Kennedy, Vice-President Dr. J. P. Lantz, and Secretary G. H. Buntain, and keen public inter- est has been taken in the improvements which have been introduced. These include a large? new show ring, new cattle barns and poultry‘ building, and rebuilt race track which has been wired for night racing. This policy is in keep- ing with the tradition establshed under the, management of Lt.-Col. D. A MacKinnon and Mr. J. W. Boulter, who endeavoured every year to add some improvement to the plant. The re- sult is that today we have what are undoubtedly ' the finest exhibition and racing facilities in page", Canada, and rhe- publicity the Island is receiving from this enterprise is of incalculoble

value.

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ii. S. Potato Poliiry '

.. Canadian magazine recently drew atten- rion to the wholesale destruction of potatoes by . the United States Department of Agriculture and roundly condemn-ed the department's potato pol- icy as "economic lunacy." According to the Vancouver News Herald, however, it conveyed a y wrong impression when it implied that the poto- ' toes are being purchased by the carload with in- ‘ent to destroy, and that good potatoes are be- ing soaked with kerosene to prevent people eat- ing them. ‘ "The potato purchase policy of the United States Department of Agriculture is a good ex- , ample of unsuspected evils which may lurk in‘ all government planned economies-or plannedl economies of any kind for that matter," says our i Vancouver contemporary. "ln order to provide, growers with a guaranteed market for potatoes,j the government undertook to ouy the entire crop : at high minimum prices. For the potato grow- ers, it was a bonanza. All they had to do was to produce, deliver and collect. _

"For the department, however, it was quite ' another story. lt had to dispose of the potatoes j

thus delivered and paid for. '

To unload at mar- ket prices would have involved immediate and certain losses.

It hoped that by holding them back, market prices would rise and vindicate its, potato purchase policy. Alas! _ in succession the stored potatoes have rotted till

they were useless for seed or consumption. They '

had to be destroyed. "Thus the department can be absolved from

the implication that it deliberately purchased good potatoes with irttent to destroy, but it can- not be absolved from the charge that it allowed good potatoes to rot in pursuance of its policy of thimble-rigging the market. lt must be held fully accountable for the taxpayer losses incur- red, and it must accept full responsibility for holding potatoes back from the market which were badly needed in a world short of food and for allowing them to rot rathelr‘ than allow them to be sold at_ market prices.

Lincoln Said it

among the 18,350 papers of Abraham Lin- coln, sealed by his son, Robert Todd Lincoln, twenty-eight years ago and now opened, is the following fragment found in the President's worn carpetbag, which condenses his theory of government in words that might well be weighed and heeded today. They are:

"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all or cannot do so well .for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. in nll that the people can individually do as well for themselves the govern- ment ought not to interfere."

Goal And Coke In April

The strike in the coal mines of Nova Sco- via and New Brunswick, which commenced Feb- ruary l5, continued through the month of April, reducing the Canadian output of coal by 38 per cent compared with the production of April i946, according to figures released by the Do- minion Buroou of Statistics. Production for tho

month totalled 85l,ll4 tons against l,360,226 a:

year ago. Total for the tour months ended April 30 amounted to 4,630,l72 tons, a drop of 28 per cont comparod with the output of 6,396,589 tons in tho some poriod of lost year.

Production of coko from ovons and gas ro- torts during April omountod to 282,000 tons comporod with 308,000 in the preceding month and 283,000 in April, i946. Output for tho four months ondod April was l,2l7,000 tons compar- od with 1,236,000 a your ago.

_ Import: of cool in April amounted to l,- 550355 torn. on incroaso of l6 por coot ovor April, i946- Tho total for tho yoor to doto, amounting to 5,282,014 tons, showod littlo chringo from tho first four months of i946, whon 5 tons woru ‘mportod. Exports of cool

during rho month totollod 22,688 tons, or so

For two years}

oer cent loss than in April, I946. ,

Solos of coal and coke reported by retoill fuel dealers in April iutallod l,0l3,287 tons, distribution being as follows by provinceszl Prince Edward island, l0,570 tons; Nova Scotia, 19,663; New Brunswick. 18.642; Ontario and Quebec, 683,072; Mann-aha, 77,666; Soskatchey wan, 80,898; Alberta, 40,994; British Columbia, 81,782. Retail dealers held 841,541 tons of coal and coke at tho and of April.

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All in readiness for tho Exhibition and Old Home Week.

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"The Polly Pioneers" disembarked here this date l803—l44 years ago. I i i

"Safety Week" is not being very well ob- served here, in spite of warnings. Q‘ fi I i

Night Racing has caught on, and. engender- ed great enthusiasm among both horsemen and

spectators. t A’ i i

The cost of living index went up for every-l thing except rentals in June. When the effect| of increased steel prices is felt those increases] will seem insignificant indeed l

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When the regulations now in preparation are brought in, homeless houseowners will come into their own, but lo, the poor tenant will be‘;

out in the cold instead. | s. v. o 5

With fuel oil dealers now Public Utilities the Commissioners m.ist consider that they are due for an increase of salary, 4,000 per cent or Su.

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This week Britons are hearing announce- merits of unpalatable austerity measures. Some must be wondering how many more straws the old back will stand.

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Gall unlimited. A man who_broke into a shop in Sydney was disturbed and ran, but next day called again, posing as a detective, and col- lected his jemmy. ~

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lt was, of course, a New York source which predicted that the Queen Mary and Queen- Elizabeth may race for the blue ribbon of the Atlantic. The English shipowners are not in- terested in such. unprofitable competition.

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In spite of all the grandiose building schemes having fallen through Charlottetown is enjoying, if that is the word, its own building‘ boom as a result of the enterprise of private'

individuals.

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With radioisotopes reported to be becoming‘, available it is to be hoped that no one popu-l laiizes the use of them to label the remains of the roast to find who has been raiding the ice- box.

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Our fish catch in June was 6,955,000 lbs, valued at $473,533—an increase in catch, but a slight decrease ($314,753) in value. The other two Maritime Provinces showed decreases both. in quantity and value. l

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lt is just as heinous for the Communists of Switzerland to throw lomatoos at Mme. Peron of the Argentine, as it ‘is for Christians of Eng- iland to break the windows of the Jews in Liver- ipaol, etc. It is mob law. ,

Tho U. N. is taking bows just now for its -spertacular success in stopping the shooting in ‘Java. lt is good practice for dodging the Ibrickbats that will be thrown at it for any solu- tion ot which it may arrive. ' i 1r i I

clnred: "The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they work the

to make people who like a good time and enjoy

hand-outs to believe this. i i I i

Canada is generous to pro-Russian Jugo-

lfailh in health from the sun

Notes By The Way '

Well, anyway. things can't be so bad in business. when tho only trouble with red ink lvthot it rubs off catalogs on postmerrs shirts.- Wlndsor Star.

The tragedy down Windsor woy recently, when a boy tlsklflfl 8116i" ter under is tree was killed bY_ lightning, illustrates onco more the wisdom of the waming, “Stay away l from trees in an electrical storm.’ ‘ —l3rantf0rd Expositor. -

A man we know in organizing the Society at Persons Who Have Not seen Any Flying Saucers. It

'~hids fair ta become an exclusive

group. with a dwindling member- ship. Among other things, mem- tets are pledged tn refrain from; all puns about saucers. —New York i World-Telegram. _ l

rue CHARLOTTETOWN _GUARD_~I§.N_

l PUBLIC FORUM

This column lo uporp to lilo dloelliol by corni- oponaento of questions or interest- Tho Charlottetown Guardian dooo not nooelor- [17 ondoroo tho opinion oi correspondent

BRADALBANE CONVENTION

Sin-In view of the bitter per- sonal attacks mode on one of oui nominees slrico our Bredalbane convention. we the undersigned have found it. desirable la issue the following statement:

1. The Bradelbaue nominating convention o! July 11th was con- ducted ln o democratic manner with full freedom of speech and o1’ choice.

ii. The delegates attending the

' convention were chosen during the

' period of July 7th to 11th 1n our

A spokesman for Gonornlloolmo Chiang Kai-Shel: announces that. the Nationalist Government ls o- bout to launch an all-out campaign against the Communist army "with no holds barred.“ It is, of course. no coincidence that this follows an announcement a few days ago that. the United States Government lind sold 130.000.000 rounds of surpLus rifle ammunition to the Nationalist

i Government. and also other mater- ‘inls. Ii China is ever to get peace

in Dfllfii‘ to devote her attention to social and economic construction. the civil war must be ended.--S‘..‘ Thomas Times-Journal.

The technique of the Tennessee father, who chained hi5 16-year Old daughter to the bedpost to pre- l vent her tram going out, will excite general revulsion among parents oi this continent. It was obviously

. a case for police action. We won- I

der. however, how many mothers and fathers err on the other ex- treme~by giving their offspring so much liberty that it almost cou- stltutes neglect. Keeping children in chains is fantastic. But what of I 1b:- youngster who is allowed to

roam abroad at night, participating l in activities of which guardians, have no knowledge and, in unfor- | tunate cases. starting on a course of petty delinquency which ulti-

‘mately leads to serious trouble? -

Vict-orin Tim es.

About is hundred million Ameri- cans are going to get burned o shocking pink and deep shades of red this Summer. After a tortured couple of days it may turn into u. beautiful tan. Al; which stage they become the healthy, outdoor type, and look with condescenslon on their bleached, anaemic fellows. A11 these red and bllstered and tanned sufferers will be victims of a myth as old as the Pyramids and the

l Great Wall of china. And an over

the country otherwise sensible peo- pie prostrate themselves as a. burnt offering, in their own beck yards at the nearest. beach. Regretful- we must report. that. all this is based on n false gospel. For science vow says that exposure of the body to sunlight. is of little practical value to the average human. -Col- ller's Magazine.

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With every other family owning a motor car and with thousands of trucks and buses also on the roads, we can hardly hope to stomp out. traffic accidents entirely. But. wo are going to have far moro trage- , dies if we accept the present ap- palling figures as normal and a fair price to pay for automotive

" lbffl-nSpflfhflilOIl. We can have safer mum The "Pony" had me 8.9.,“

roads and safe driving. There are bad corners, blind spots, crossings and turns that. increase traffic haz- ards unnecessarily. There are far too many dangerous drivers --reck- less. unskilled, careless of physical- 1y or mentally incapable. There are pedestrians who, through ignor-

danger their own and other peo- ple's lives. so long as these condi- tions prevail our traffic death toil is going to continue for too high.- Toronlo Financial Post.

Ono day the women and girls , were wearing skirts that Just about broke at the knee. ‘The next day

usual manner, being elected by iegulariy called meetings of bib- eral electors in each poll. They made their choice at the conven- tlori without. pressure, intimidat- ion or bribery. We speak for all delegates in resenting the slur cast. upon our free and independ- ent people by various articles in n certain section of the press.

3. The various unsigned contri- butions to the public press have trad no efieci on the Liberal elect- urs, as anonymous letters of this nature may usually be traced to their true orzgln.

4. We speak for the Liberal electors of the First District of Queens County in stating that we are proud of our two democratic- ally chosen nominees and promise tlmt. we will exert ourselves on their behalf to see that both are overwhelmingly successful at the next Provincial election.

We are. Sir, etc.

Fred C. MacDonald. Crapaud President.

John Whitehead. Clinton Vice-President.

Mrinford Beer, South Melvillel Secretary 1 First Queens Liberal Associa- tlon.

FROM: THE SEASONS; SUMMER

Ailconquerlng heat. ch, lnlermlt. thy WrBf-h!

And on my throbbing temples potent. thus

Beam not so fierce! incessant still you flow.

Arid sill] anothu‘ fervent. flood succeeds.

Pound m the head profuse. In vain I sigh.

And restless turn. 4nd icok around for night;

Night is far aft; rind hotter hours approach. i

-James Thompson

{O-O-O-O-O-QO-‘OO-OO-OO-OQQ '

Old Charlottetown‘ iAnd rant.) 1

me sausuuc SETTLERS '

‘Three ships were chartered by Lord Soklrk and about »-lght hund- red passengers embarkei to found a‘ new home on his estate On this

est number of passengers. most of whom were from Skye. Or- her was Dr. Atigug MacAuley, agent for Selkirk. She arrived ln Orwell Bay. P.E.I. on Sunday, August 'l_ 1903. and disembnrked hen- passengers near tho present Hallldny‘; Wharf. The "Dvlcos" uived on August B,

ll W95 T°l5l°lr ill? Rufilull Pfllll" Wl1° fli- 'ance,foo1lshness or carelessness en- and the olmghtonlv with the Um

men on August 2'1. Al. this time the total population of the island was but lithe oven five bhcflolfld. Sel- kirk, who was a passengu on the "Dykes" had planned to arrive before the others so that. preparat- ion might be made for ihe'r re- ception, but befcro he appeared on the scene bhe "Polly" md disem-

slavia. Three grams of radium have been sent mast, or the women and girls were my,“ be, compjempny

from Canada as part oi UNRRA shipments. The radium, valued at more than $90,000,000, will be divided among hospitals in Ljubljana, Zagreb land Belgrade, f0l‘*CGl'lC0f work.

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lmore their poverty will increase." But it is hard

l Stanley John Weyman, English novelist, born this date i855; writer chiefly of historical

wearing skirts that came n couple of inches or so below the knee. smart people. these ‘slaves of fash- ion. 1t must he the homo. Tney could not. all have gone out and bought new dresses in o single .at‘t.ernoon. But, all of them could burn the midnight oil and iet. down the items. Besides, when the so no

"I arrived." he writes. “late in the evening. and ft had than a very striking appearance. Each family had kindled s, large fire near their wlgwams, and round these were assembled groups of figures. whose peculiar national dress added to the singularity of the surrounding reene. Oonfused heaps of baggage

j . . novels, which include The House of the Wolf, A dress appeared one day with tho w," gvpfywhgfg pflQd Lgggthef be.

lGentIeman of France, Under the Red Robe, jThe Red Cocade, Count Hannibal, The Long .Night, The Abbeyess o! Vlayo, Chippinge, The lWiId Geese, The Great House.

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Different parts of tho Commonwealth and' Empire aro busy planning lor suitable wedding;

gifts for our futuro Queen, Princess Elizabeth.

lt is to bo hopod our Provincial Government are‘ A handsome Silver Fox’

(bearing this in mind. Cape would be an ideal gift, and the fact that ‘Her Royal Highness was wearing a Silver Fox heckpiece on her first public appearance after iher engagement shows sho is partial to this lvaluoblo fur.

Two London girls have landed iobs which. make them tho onvy of ovory doskbound Briton. They're ox-Wron (Women's Royal Naval Service) ‘iris Cooper, and ox-Woaf (Women's Auxiliary "Air Forco) Morgorot Soarlos, who in their early, twenties have bocomo sea-going stenographors. . . . tho first girl stonographors ever to be om- ployod by tho Pacific and OiiontStoamship lino.

,Tlioy'ro attached to tho pursor's staff of the

"Strathodon", whiclrhas just sot out on its first post-war trip. lris and Margaret rank as junior officers-they woor smartly-cut navy blue uni- forms, with o narrow gold bond on tho cuff. Thoro’: liopo for othor adventurous girls in' Brit- ain who did clorical work in tho forcos, for as tho company's Iinors got "dcmobbod" from troop- ing and aro roflttod, thoy'ro all going to use girls as otonographors.

‘man never can understand 'trcnds. hut he like! ‘to note them. my awn is“; "q w“ quffounded

skirt. short and the next day with t e skirt long, 1t must. have been the hem that was let down. Mere these

Alihqtlxh more man may not un-

side their wild habitotlons and by the number of flres the whole woods were illuminated. At thi- end of this tlno of encampment 1 pitched

in tho morning by a numerous M-

derstand the whole idea, ho has o “mpg”, o; pggpje who“ bghgyinur m" “Ppltmllml f" e seed im- indicated min they looked to nothing

derstrindlngs-n pair of good un- derstandings. - Windsor Star.

A mun dropped o cigarette In a l

rubbish pile ln a roaming houso rind burned to death seven people. .-\ man dropped his cigarette in o couch in the lobby of o hotel. Fire resulted at 3 o. m. and caused the fiootrh of a number of pepple. A mother, for the fivo hundredth time. perhaps. started o, flro wllh cont oil. The fire sho startled burned tn death three children besides herself. A man dropped o mulch on a gouge float, walked on and loft. ii. A iilx-year-old child found ll onrl ignited her clothing which resulted in burns that. caused her death n few hours tutor. A mm attempted to sleep and smoke o‘. the same limo-result, he sot ‘ho ‘rd allre. was overcome by smotro, and removed in on unconscious state. Only the timely orrlvol of the tire department sovod him from being cremated olive. Home grown-ups placed some "strike- anywhere" motches on o kitchen table. Two rmoll children outed upon tho implied suggestion and carried some to their ployhouso innocently started a m. Result, little boy burned fotolly. _Otm,- horn News. g

were laid oui

less than a restoration of mo happy days of Olonshlp." i To obvlote the terrors which the woods were calculated ‘.u inspire. the settlement was concentrated vflthln o moderate spoon. The ic-is In such a manner that the.o were gcneraly four or flvo families. and somefme; mar. who bum their houses in n lltte knot together. the distance between tho adjacent hamlets seldom exceed- ing o mile. .. "Tho t-ittlers" says Selkirk, "had every inducement. to vigorous ex- ertion frcn-i the nature c! their tenures. They were slowed to purohue lri fee simple. and to o certain extent on credit. rind ttfty t0 one hi-ndrea and titty iirres were

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SALE

Genuine Panamas 30 fine light

Hats-hone woven

weight in

—here's a real bargain-enjoy tho hot days of August in a

cool Panama.