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Editor nnd Mlnnglng Director. J. R. Burnett. Associate Editor. Funk Walker. '

f'TIlo Strongest Memory ls Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CIIARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 29. 1851

Pattern In Foreign Trade

Canada's trade picture as revealed in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics of foreign trade for 1950, shows two sig- nificant factors. First,. and most ominous. is the trend towards relying solely upon the United States as a market for Cana- dian exports. Second is the growing def- icit balance on the olerall foreign trade picture.

During 1950 sixty-six per cent of all Canada's exports went to the United States. Only 13.8 per cent went to the United

Kingdom and the remaining 202 per Cellli

was distributed among other countries. Bulk of the exports remained primary pro- ducts, despite the growing industrialization of Canada. The deficit ill Canadals trade is explained by DBS as being due to the fact that while the price of Canadian exports rose on the average only five per cent, the price of imported goods during the same period rose by as much as seven per cent.

There is a significant relationship be- tween the relatively slight rise in the price of Canadian exports and the assertion of DBS that such exports were mainly pri- mary products. including foodstuffs. Wheat, of course, ranks in the very forefront of Canadian exports, and wheat was. in ef- fect, operating under the stringency of price control imposed -'-IS a by-product of the Anglo-Canadian Wheat Agreement. The price of wheat. under the terms of that agreement, was virtually fixed.

Placing all our exporting "eggs" in Uncle Samls market basket is, of course, unwise. It is fair to conclude, however. that this tendency to rely so heavily upon the American market for Canadals exports would not have been so marked had it not been for the fact that bulk-trading ar- rangements such as the Anglo-Canadian wheat agreement inevitably work to the disadvantage of the Canadian farmer-ex- porter, and to the detriment of the Cana- dian people as a whole.

list Farmed out Yet

Some concern was voiced at a farm economic conference at Guelph over a de- cline in the land under cultivation in the last 10 years. In one five-year period, it was reported. some two million acres ceased to be used for agriculture.

Such a trend. comments the Financial Post, does not mean that we have pass- ed the saturation point in farm production. Far from it. Not the best. but generally the poorest agricultural land has been given up. Some of this ground should never have been broken in the first place. At best it was only marginal from an agricultural point of view and the country will benefir from having it returned to bush or erosion- resisting grass. There might even be il gain in net farm production. if the work and materials that used to be expended on this marginal land is transferred to the re- maining cultivated acreage.

The Post recalls that one of the biggest wheat crops this country ever harvested came from the substantially reduced acre- age of the last war. When forced to cut the size of their wheat fields, farmers simply took the poorer land out and gave greater care to the better.

There are no signs yet that Canadian agriculture has reached anything close to its maximum production. True there an: no longer any vast tracts of virgin land waiting the plow but new methods. new machines and new crops, all point to still greater output in the years ahead,

conservatives vs. liberals

The old Conservative stand-by, the Montreal Gazette has become critical of the partyis present stand on questions of finance and economics. "The country needs somebody in" politics with courage enough to stand up and speak plain truth that spending must be got in. hand and re- strained," it says, "before it runs away, and drags the bedraggled dollar after it. It would be only natural to expect that this essential national function would be performed by the Progressive Conservative Party. In such a. time as this, it should be, above all, the party of commonsense. It should go about insistently reminding peo- ple that two and two still make four; that thorehno wayofgetting ii quart out of a pint bottle; and that there is no way, for that nutter, of getting money anywhere, e::nentoutli!tho.peola1c.'Iil.in-IoIandpock-

ets. But, strangely enough, the Progress- ive Conservative Party is not doing this. It seems even in some danger of suggesting that two and two can actually be made to add up to six. So far from being a political leaven in the land, keeping politics and economics reasonable and sensible, the Pro- gressive Conservatives are running ahead of their opponents, and trying to. leave their behind in the spender's race. Instead of preaching caution. they almost seem in danger of tossing that invaluable national commodity to the political winds.”

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Hanging out

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Walt Disney and his staff. who havcl conducted extensive research into 12th!- century English life for the 250,000 pro-' lduction of "Robin Hood" at an English filmi studio, have discovered an interesting her-l aldic tradition which is the basis of a pre-

sent-day slang expression.

In one scene-the Nottingham gquare market-there are two shields outside the lwooden-shuttered, thatch-roofed old Nor-l ;man house. They're a sign that iloblemeni lwere lodging there. and in their own way !served the same purpose as a social column in a newspaper nowadays. The peasants and the visiting townsfolk would deduce. from the heraldic sign who was in town.' why, and what was going on. Hence the present day expression "Where do you hang out?" which used to mean "where does your shield hang out?"

EDITORIAL NOTES

An increase in the cost of milk, cream, and telegrams announced.

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The armistice in Korea is evidently as far away as ever. The Communists do not want the cessation of hostilities. they mere- ly want to tire out or exasperate the United Nations. ,

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The suggestion that Britain should hand over the control of the oil capital of Iran to the U. S. A. appears very like a machin- ation of the enemy to disrupt the harmony of Anglo-U.S.A. relations.

The further plans to protect our wood lots from being sold off the Island are timely, and will be appreciated by everyone who has the best interests of the Province at heart. A tree denuded Island would be a menace to all of us.

That was good advice given by Mr. Wal- ter Hyndman at this week's Rotary lunch- eon. namely, that each car driver should practice slowing down at the approach of intersections and other grown danger spots on the streets and roads. schools, churches, etc. Experts estimate that such precau- tions all over Canada would eliminate 100,- 000 accidents per annum-not to mention a million shocks to the nerves of unfortun ate pedestrians.

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John Locke, pioneer English philos- opher. was born this date 1632. He was closely associated with the brilliant states- man, Lord Shaftesbury, and his" "Essay Concerning the Human Understanding," like much of his work. was the product of enforced. retirement during the periods his chief was out of office.

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The Gazette of Montreal draws a prize for bluntly announcing that it is time that the Government of Canada adopted a "static budget"; a system by which, when the Government finds new avenues of ex- penditure which appear necessary to the Government, it should at the same time re- duce other expenditures, so that the total Government budget will only increase about as rapidly as the total productivity of the nation.

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Mother's cooking drew her from Leeds to New Zealand. Mrs. Nellie Cliff's four sons left the family hearth in Leeds, York- shire city eight months ago. to try their luck in New Zealand. Now she's going to join them. Mrs. Cliff made up her; mind to travel to New Zealand after getting ii forlorn cable from the boys. who said they sadly missed mother and her "delicious cooking". She packed up and took a sup- ply of her own favorite pots and pans.

With a new chemical coating. glass will conduct electricity. opening up a bright new market for electrically-heated Windshields for cars and airplanes, self-heating con- tainers for industrial and consumer use. Another coating has produceda glass which makes it possible to have a photograph indelibly impressed upon the glass. While this did not seem at first to have much practical application, further research led to a glass "marble"-to be used .for the new General Assembly building of the United Nations--a "grilled" glass for diff- using light from fluorescent illumination, and many other important technical ad-

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LARIENTABLE ACCIDENT

The death of one of the most prominent citizens of early dnvc is thus recorded in the Royal Gazette of August 2. 1831: , "It. is wiih the most poign:i.- regret we have to announce the death of our most esteemed towns- man and valued friend. Ewei. Cameron. F.sq.. which occurred yesterday under the following cir cumstances. it appears that about five in the afternoon, he passed the four gun battery lit Fanning Bank. after asking the gunner".- wlfe where was the best place to bathe. In less than fifteen min- utes after. a man came to the forl and gave the alarm that some per son was drowned. The gunner. along with the man. immediatelv repaired to the beach. and H little to the right of the fort saw a naked body floating in the water. about sixty yards from the shore, with the head and shoulders un- der.

"No time was lost in getting the body on shore. with the as- sistance of two other men who were in a boat. This boot had just crossed the York River. and it was the people in her who first saw the body. but from the ctr- rumstance of its floating. they con- cluded that it had been a long time in the water. and therefore despatched one of their hands to the fort for assistance. previous to their taking any steps to secure It. It. was then discovered to L- Mr. Cameron. but they could per- ceive no signs of life remaining. "One of them immediately ran to town for assistance. and four medical gentlemen were quickly on the spot. Every means that skill or ingenuity could prompt. in order to restore animation. was resorted to in vain. The oper- ation of brrnchotomy. or opening of the wind-pipe. was performed. and the stomach pump introduc- ed. when the lungs were found completely surcharged with water. A coroner's inquest was held on view of the body. but nothing im- ierinl was (iicited more than we have stated A verdict of ac- cldental dcrilh was returned. "Mr. Cameron was in his forty- third year. and has left a wife and six children to deplore their irreparable loss. He was A native of Ardnamurchan. in Argylcshirc, but had resided in this country for the last twenty-six years of his life. During that long period. few men hnve enjoyed ll greater share of public esteem and coil- fidence. From his extensive mei- contile transactions and the mul tiplicity of his engagements. he had become in a manner the per- sonal ncquliintunce of almost the entire adult population of the Is- land. . . '-

"in the House of Assembly, of which he had filled the chair. he was many years an effective and influential member. He was the first in this country to move for the removal from the statute books of those restrictions which at one time deprived I large por- tion of our fellow subjects of their civil rights; and in the course of his long political career, he was alike distinguished for the dis interestedness of his viewl. and his devoted application to the public business. To the poor he was ever zl kind and generous benefactor; and as the but com- mentary on his active and useful life. we can state with confidence, that the oolgn at regrets of his fellow 'cltlzens will follow him to his nave."

OOMPLILTE visvai. nniriilwnon uni ANALYSIS

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. Tbs , Guardian does not necessar- ll! endorse the opinion of ..oi-respondents.

COST OF EDUCATION

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Sir.-some time ago in the Bank at O'Leary I stood in line waiting my turn at the wicket and a word with Mr. Wilson. the very court- eous manager. While there 1 me,

a friend from a distance. After .l formal greeting and the usual comment on the weaiher, the

Number One problem discuss -it was the shortage of teachers and the high cost of education. His advice was. send our daughters to business college where in one term they can qualify for servic. in the business world.

His daughter had graduated from P.W.C. and it cost hir- around sixteen hundred dollars. As he is a man of fair reasoning I didn't doubt his word. The country girl of today knows if she is going to compete in college. apart from nature's endowments. mental ability. a pleasing persor- ality and A neat profile. she must be well dressed: she must patron- ize the beauty parlour occasion- ally. and if she wants to be pop uior she must be generous with her classmates. Board and trav elllng expenses are high. plus II two year term. which means that a poor man's daughter. no mat- ter how bright she may be. has ll poor chance of getting through P.W.C.

That evening. when the day's work was ended. I sat in the old armchair close by the radio as it played softly. I opened the lates' paper and again and again I saw a long list of "Teacher Wanted" ads.. accompanied by what A few years ago viould be thought verv enticing supplements ranging from

5300 to 5450. I also saw in the same paper that there was ll surplus of clerical workers on:

stenographers.

is obvious that many war: of the opinion of my friend. "Out our way" "many more schools would be closed only for the teachers of yesteryear who haw.- settled in our districts and who disrupt their home life to helu educate our youth.

For be it from me to criticize the powers that be. but we seerr willing to spend millions to fight Communism abroad while we may be fostering Communlstlc views

at home by leaving our school. shut. Another injustice to the poor

man's daughter is our system of voting supplements. for a pros- perous. thlckly settled district can vote A much larger supplement than a poorer district can. Nat- urally the teacher applies for the school with the larger supple merit. a

Perhaps if there was a "good will" fund started to insist th- poor man's daughter in her search for knowledge. the wealthy miltht. cast in their abundance and oth- ers their mite. "Let us hope."

I am. Sir. etc.. THOMAS GORRILI. Glenwood. Lot 8.

Nibbling Al Niagara

(Manchester Gulirdiant

In those carefully kept journals in which our great.-grandparents dutifully recorded their impres- sions when travelling abroad a waterfall was always the occasion of a philosophical passage on the mlghtiness of Nature and the lit- times: of Man.

The latest bulletin of the Na- tional Geographic Soclety of the United states records concern lest. the diversion of more of Niagara's water for hydro-clec- tric power stations may make the fall "no longer quite the majes- tic torrent it used to be."

The tourist. however. has been specially taken care of in the Nia- gara Diversion Treaty ratified last. year between Canada. and the Un- ited States. This lays down that. the minimum volume of water coming over the fail during "four- ists' viewing hours" must not. be less than 100.000 cubic feet. a sec- ond - which should be enough to guarantee a good show (and even philosophical thoughts). But outside "tourists visiting hours" man is unquestionably the boss.

Niagara. however. may have the last. word. By erosion of the river bed the falls are slowly moving up river -. the National Geographic Society estimates that. they have moved six and 3. half miles up- stream in the last "20.000 to 35,- 000 years." Lake Eric is only an- other eighteen miles or so away. In the next 60,000 years or so Nia- gara may lose patience and with- draw into the lake.

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FROM THE SCHOLAE-GIPSY

Here. where the work of late.

In his high field's dork corner, where he leaves

l-lls coat, his basket, and his earthen cruise.

And in the sun all morning bind: the sheaves.

Then here. at noon. oomcs back his stores to use:

Here will I sit. and wait.

While to my ear from uplands fai- away

The blasting of the folded flocks

is borne.

With the distant cries of reopen in the com-

All the live murmur of I summer's day.

reaper was at

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I Notes By

The blind pig sad the rum- runner were supposed to disap- pear when prohibition ended in the United states. Now the Li- censed Beverages Industries, !nc., reports that as much bootleg whiskey and possibly more Is be- ing sold in the U. B. as during the prohibition era. --Ottawa Journal.

A Full election In F rio. fore- cast. by the Toronto Globe imd Mail, is being discounted by some on the ground that such 3 con- test would be unseemly while Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh are our guests. Not an overly valid objection. After all. the Princess and Duke. if they are the sort of people we think they are. want. to see Canada as it really is, so why shouldn't. they see us in the midst of an election. It. might even mean. too. their hav- ing a lot more fun. -- Ottawa Journal.

The Illinois Sluts Fair is ndding A class to its hobby show this year t.ha.t. should win smiles and ap- plause. A boy and I girl will get prizes for the most. unusually de- corated "beanie." Everybody knows the Canadian and American youngsters' fantastically orna- mented! headgear. Sewn or pressed into its small felt circumference is is mosaic of bottle caps, political campaign buttons and whatever will glitter and survive rain and snow. The possibilities for dif- ferent flavors pop and for various faces of long-defeated candidates are almost endless. - Chicago Daily News.

The Communists never miss I chance of propaganda even if it is 500.000 years old. When the re- mains of Peking Man, found in a cave near the Chinese capital, were examined by the government's ex- perts they were pronounced Com- munist to the last bone. The Chin- ese. it. is explained. had achieved communism even when they still lived in caves. Just how it was pos- sible to discern the politics of the Peking Man by an examination of his scanty remains is not. clear to the non-Communist mind. Per-

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1 prison guard or the lnkeilelsbed by

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A running stream on I 1,, stock tum is is real asset. A 110: in: well at or near the buliclin . is invaluable. The .p.ln,, wen 3 the drilled well is usually aepmd able. but one cannot trust vg. much in is surface well, particular. ly in 3! dry season. Quantity or VOL Eiggrncilohvfterl is not me 9'11! con.

Even under streams are sometimes lnfgli-1:16 and polluted water is uang..,,,5'

Plenty of good water is to the well-being of man. animal; and plants. Anyone purchasing . piece of land on which to make 1 home should consider first and foremost that great essential 5; life -water. -Guelph Mercury.

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In their search for the ggmb tlonsl and in their efforts to Sam, fy what they deem to be the 10., appetites of their readers, some journalists (saving they i.GImI) hm held up royalty -and in particu- lar the Princess Margaret -10 ung fair and unmannerly mention. 3,. cause the Princess Margaret. gogg to 3. play or to a night club, or 9.9,, tries her skill at some version of 5 quaint. French dance called lhg can-can. there is no reason tn mp. pose that she is going either to Perdition or to the miri-Victorian bow-wows. In any case she is new 21. and. consistent. with her of. flclnl duties, place and position. entitled to do as she pleas:-s with. out the attentions of either the Paul Prys or the Mrs. Gl'llll(Iys. .. Braniford Expositor.

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