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THE GUARDIAN,

CHARLOTTETOWN

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AUGUST 19, 1949

TH ITLWQILARDIAN

‘llilrnln: [hilly (FKIUIHIHI in 15917) Authorized an Serum! (‘Inna Mull, Punt Offico Ileprirtiiii-nt. Ultnuu. , Th9 Inlllllil (illllriiirlll Pllliillllllllfl (To. Editor unrl Xlnriagliig lliri-n-for. J. It. Ilurnelt. Alnnriiile lirllloir, lirulilf Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk"

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Our Exhibition Development

Premier Smallwood and party have return- ed to Newfoundland enthused with the success of Prince Edward Island's Old Home Week and Provincial Exhibition. lt has been intimated by the Premier that he hopes to establish some- thing of this kind in Newfoundland, which is in itself the highest compliment that could be paid to our big annual Fair. Our sister lslond Pro- vince is going ahead by leaps and bounds, and friendly rivalry in this as in other directions is to be welcomed. We have nothing to fear from competition in this Province, as the special at- tractions which go to make up our Old Home Week are in a sense unique, reflecting our growth and development as a highly specialized agri- cultural and livestock community.

The harness racing events which aro now the major feature of our Fair originated many years ago, for the purpose of promoting improve- ment in our breeding stock. While fast horses from other Provinces compete in the events an- nually, our Island bred horses still predominate, and in the livestock entries our farmers usually carry everything before them. Other features, such as the revival in handicraft and other ex- hibits so successfully sponsored this year by the Women's Institutes, are also something which could scarcely be duplicated elsewhere. The whole atmosphere of the Fair, in fact, belongs peculiarly to Prince Edward lsland, and is as much an indigenous growth as our superior seed potatoes and registered Yorkshire swine.

Newfoundland's Old Home Week and Exhi- bition, if it develops along similar principles, will reflect the traditions and growth of that Province in the same way. There is no reason why it should not be successful, but years will be required in its development-and a good deal of luck in obtaining capable and energetic man- agement as well. We have been particularly for- tunate in this respect in Prince Edward lsland, and the best we can wish Premier Smallwood and his government in promoting Exhibition ac- tivities in Newfoundland is that they may be able to find men of equal calibre to shoulder the heavy responsibilities such an enterprise entails.

Agriculture in Britain

Britain's industrial achievements are so widely known that it may come as a surprise to many Canadians to learn that British agriculture is still the largest single industry in the country, giving regular whole-time employment to 1,100,000 people. That total is, of course, in- creased considerably during the peak periods ouch as corn, fruit, potato and sugar beet har- vesting. lt is further augmented by the very large numbers of people employed in the asso- ciate trades.

in 1938-39 the estimated gross value of Britain's agricultural output for the twelve months was 287 million pounds, Under the stress of war this figure has risen to round about 700 million pounds. The rise was duo partly to in- ¢reased' production and partly to enhanced unit values, but an example of the wartime difficul- ties which British farmers had to overcome in their fight for increased production is shown by the fact that in 1938, 1,903,697 tons of feeding stuffs for animals were impbrted, whereas in 1943 this figure had languished ta the almost negligible one of 11,943 tons.

. As a result of Britain's serious financial situation, it has become imperative to provide more of the nation's food from home resources, and to obtain less from overseas; so the British farmer has been asked to increase production by a further £100 million per annum by 1952. An increased use of machinery is helping him in this drive. With 231,000 tractors and their appro- priate implements in England and Wales alone, ‘Great Britain possesses the most fully mechaniz- ed agriculture in the world.

Reds and Housing

Canadians who complain about the lack of housing Ill this country and believe the tail tales housing

The report’ announces that 51,000,000 square ‘Mm °l_l1°"5lfl9 area wero built or restorod in 1945-43. inclusive. That, interpreted into one. storey dwellings, 30 feet square (the equivalent of the average small Canadian bungalow) mean; 550,000 had been built or restored in a country of 200,000,000 people.

Britain has provided more than 450,000 new permanent houses in a country of 40,000,000 pea. ple. Canada, with about 13,000,000 inhabitants, has built more than 200,000 new dwellings av". aging much larger than one-storey houses 30 feat square.

These figures, comments an exchange, speak for themselves. They toll us that the Communists haven't solved their housing problems half as well as wo havo.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Old Home Week.

Q The Provincial Exhibition Q I I

The first rail of P. E. I. Railway laid this data 1872.

Orvillo Wright, ‘QS-A-ffliffliflllflll’, tho first

Morrow-Tait has accomplished what she set out to do, pilot a single-engine plane round the- world, a record-breaking achievement on the port of a wloman. It was determlnaticn and self- sacrificing efforts like this; that ntode the Brit- ish Empire mighty in the past, and will do so again. it I it

Canadians are landing at Dieppe again to- day, just seven years after the costly raid which served as test for the eventual invasion of Nazi- held Europe.

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The Federal Government is now rightfully distributing the "spoils of office" in Newfound- land. A Lieut. Governor $9,000, a Chief Jus- ticeship $10,000, and three new senators at $6,000 each is not a bad start, with other three senators still to be named.

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Reports continue to come from Ottawa of a proposal to have Mr. Mackenzie King as next GDVGIIPI‘ General. His Majesty's representative has long kept strictly out of politics, following the advice of his responsible Prime Minister. lt is difficult to imagine Mr. King in such a pas- sive role. His appointment would mean in- creased participation by the Governor-General in decisions on policy.

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The depths of the ocean yield up their secrets but slowly and there is a fascination about the efforts of such men as Otis Barton and Dr. Wil- liam Beebe who attempted to take their "bet-- thoscope'_' down to a depth of more than o mile off Santa Cruz lsland, California. Lighting diffi- culties prevented a dive of more than 4500 feet but the unknown continues to challenge and these men and others will carry on their explor- otion.

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"Despite denials, and the evident lac-k of any foundation," says the Gazette's Ottawa cor- respondent, "there will be fresh speculation con- cerning an early retirement by Prime Minister St. Laurent. Parliamentary absenteeism will run higher than last session, largely because the Government's mountainous majority means the end of anything approaching a close vote on any issue. Legislators will crowd Ottawa thea- tres, golf links and other playgrounds. Promis- ing, isn't it?"

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The Lone Scouts of the Province are for- tunate in having a monthly magazine all of their own, edited, printed and published by the Pro- vincial Headquarters Staff under the direction of Lone Scout Commissioner Walter LeFage. 1t is a most creditable production with an illus- tra-ted front page cover, and ever so many items calculated to encourage and develop scouting among boys too far away to join an active troop. 1t is not a new publication, the August issue being marked "Volume 2, number five." So it must have been accomplishing its good work quietly and unostentatiously for some considerable time.

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Here is haw an Ottawa correspondent fore- casts the immediate future at Ottawa. "Youth- ful Reconstruction Minister Bob Winters, who made creditable showing in the national tennis tourney, is hopeful of having something lined up in the form of a Dominion-provincial-municipal co-operative housing plan. lt may not be readied for the forthcoming session. Rambunctious New- found-land.-M.P.'s will add color to this and other sessions which has been lacking in recent years. John Diefenbaker, lean, brilliant Conservative M.'P. from Saskatchewan, who rarely saw eye to eye with ex-leader John Bracken, will remain somewhat aloof from present Tory leadership."

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A specially-chartered plane set out from Montreal yesterday morning on a cultural mis- sion. The plane was a Trans Canada Air Lines North Star and carried well-known Canadians from cities across the Dominion to attend the international Festival of Music and Drama at Edinburgh. The flight was arranged by two Montrealers, Miss Audrey Cook and Miss Kath- urine Gallery, co-chairmen of the Canadian Council of the festival. lt was met at Prestwick, Scotland, by Sir Andrew Murray, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and by a pipe band. The plane car- ried passengers from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary.

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The Bureau of Statistics is our authority for the report that in the circulation of money through store sales during the first six months of the present year, Alberta led the field with nearly a 19 per-cent gain registered for the half- year. The Maritime Provinces followed a close second with an increase of more than 14 per- cent; Saskatchewan was just under 14 per cent; Manitoba, 12 per cent; British Columbia, nino per cent. Ontario and Quebec brought up tho rear with eight and six per cent respectively. Dollar volume of sales by regions for the half- year, with the 1948 comparative totals bracket- ed: Maritimes, $28,393,000 ($24,810,000); Que- bec, $61,613,000 ($58,013,000); Ontario, $144,- 621,000 ($134,207,009); Manitoba, $55,372,000 ($49,276,000); Saskatchewan, $19,623,000 ($17,- 275,000); Alberta, $24,754,000 ($20,880,000); British Columbia $48,368,000 ($44,274,000).

III

Seven years ago. on the morning of August 19, 1942, Canadian troops of the 2nd Canadian Division, accompanied by British Commandos and some Americans, stormed the beaches of Dieppe, France for tho first opposed landing on tho continent. The Royal Navy and tho Royal Ca- nadian Novy, together with RAF and RCAP sup- port, playod an important part in tho operation. Tho special task force withdrew after inflicting casualties on tho enemy but not without great losses to themselves in inen and equipment. Sov- oral Churchill tanks penetratod tho fortifications and ontored the town of Dieppo itself boforo withdrawal, Although tho cost was great, valu- ablo lessons were learned which saved livoi whon 0-Day came. A village in Now Brunswick, far- niorly known as’ Legere’: Corner, noar Monctoii,

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FROM "IRE PATHFINDERS”

Peace to the dust. of the conquerors.

Emvoys of mystery

From Newfoundland to Singapore.

Prcrrn the Peconlcs to T ‘ ,

Rom the key: of Florida. to the Alaskan tundrul

Peace to all who spelt at the troll- ends. _

From the blood of Marquette and Carlie

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To the flown breath of Scott and Shackleton!

They that felt. the arrows of Obsi- dlan

Have no more need of ohleld or hel- met. ,

They that sow the smoke of strange altars on new heavens

Shall hear no more the conchs of the barbarian,

Nor the long trumpets of ivory.

Nor the throbbing of the war-

' drums.

Peace to all who lie famed or far- gotten-

Tho last igloo built.

The lost. keel lfrlnded,

Peace to the renowned few, to the innumerable unknown.

To the tomb of bronze and the grave tn the deisera!

They are hushed who dared Lev- tothan

And the dragons of Hesperlo.

The frontiers of wonder oro dis- solved,

The purple kingdoms of the old mirage.

Leif n-lcson sleeps. and the fire that was Columbus.

But. Time hod new Atlontics.

The stars they followed still go over;

Their voices are on the wind from the Northeast,

And their flags Ln the sunset.

—Gcarge Sterling.

Old Charlottetown (no r. n i.)

GUBERNATORIAL TOUR

On Friday the 9th Inst, Hlo Ex- cellency the Lieutenant Governor (Sir Henry Vere Huntley), avail- ing himself of the fine weather, left town, attended by Lieut. Col. Lone, an a tour to those distant parts of Prince County which have as yet remained unvtslted by any of our rulers.

The first day's drive was through the Anderson‘: Road to the resi- dence af the Hon. Joseph Pope. Speaker of the House of Assembly. at Bedeque, where His Excellency and suite were hospltably enter- tained, and attended divine service on Sunday, From thence the party proceeded to Ellis River. through the beautiful village of St. Eleonora, and the adjacent set- tlements, arid we: there entertain- ed by Lemuel Cambridge, Esq, un- til the morning of Tuesday, when crossing the Ellis, and continuing the progress by Port Hill, through the Narrows, they arrived at Lot 11 River, at about 3 ln the affer- naon, where His Excellency was received by James Warburton. High Sheriff of Prince County, ac- companied by nearly the whole population of that neighbourhood. who took an opportunity of manl- testing their good feeling towards His Excellency by making and burning an immense bonfire op- posite the Sheriff's house. ‘where the party rested for the night. and by dancing around it (to the num- ber of 150) a good part of the eve- ning. On the following morning an address was presented by Mr. Sheriff Warburton on behalf of the inhabitants of Township No. 11, to which His Excellency ro- plied.

Before leaving Mr. Warburtonfi, His Excellency having been forc- ibly struck with tho want of suf- ficient means of communication. kindly issued instruction-is for the immediate completion of a road Internally connecting Lot 11 with Part Hill, by which the present tedious and uncertain route, by water, through the Calcumpec Nar- rows, will be avoided, and tho dis- tance and danger greatly dimin- lshed.

After taking a view of the beau- tiful scenery in the neighborhood of Faxley River, H1: Excellency left. that incipient settlement about half-pant ten, and returned to Port Hill, where the chip-building es- tablishment of the enterprising member for Prince County, J. Yea, Earp, woo inspected with much pleasure-n fine ship of 600 tom. now In progress, and the variety and extent of the emlllfiymlfll- ‘W Port Hill, called forth from Hlo Excellency expressions of It'll"- lntion. After dining with Mr. Yea. the party olept at Mr. Cambrldflfl l. and the next day, Thurlday. re- turiled to Charlottetown, through St. Eleonorh. where the County Jail was vlolted bv Hll Excellency-

--Royal Gazette, Alll- 31. 1344-

Soaked Out

(Ibrt Erie Times-Review)

1n Britain. at least, the expres- sion "look the rich" no longer hll my meaning. 1n that country "W m). o," just. no many plecoo of supersaturated blotting paper- Thoywo been oookod and looked until they eon’: hold any moro-

Piguroo loauod by tho British lri- iano revenue cornmlssionarl chow that the country la nmnint out. 0! millionaires tuber than they can be bred. Only 64 of the 40.111043!) people ore now conolde =4 in thlo olou. ond mony of theoo oro only eligible because tho doflnltim lilo be broadened. In Britain o millionaire l.t your annual lnoonio before taxation lo 5400.000 or more. What's left offer taxation isn't worth counting. -

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Indian Anniversary

(Globe and Mail)

It. was just two years e80 1h“ India and Pakistan became fully self-governing countries. a few hours separating their official birth dates in 1947. Thepccasion 1s eminently worth notirii be’ cause these two new nations are now the only powerful reliable friends the Western World has in lbe whole of Asia.

They did not. have an oltaifllh?!‘ auspicious start in life. The split.- ung of the Indian sub-continent was in itself a sign oi discord- Pakistan came into existence r-nly because Ito Moslem ‘leaders thought. that their corelullflnlii-‘r would be an oppressed minority under an all-India regime. A pu- litical division founded un re- Iiglon only, and having no eco- nomic basls. was hardly a good beginning for the four hundred million people the rest of‘ the world had thought of, without distinction, as “Indians?

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1n the first months of indepen- dence it. looked possible that the two states would come to open warfare. Communal riots and massacres disturbed the peace on the new frontiers. In both direc- lions there were mass flights of refugees by the million. These: tragic migrations aggravated the food problem in a land where the average standard of nourish- merit was already desperate“! low and famine was an ever-ore- sent danger. A further compli- cation was the existence of about. six hundred independent prin- cely states, the feudal preserves of local despots some of whom possessed vast wealth and were intensely jealous of their powers.

Considering these obstacles to harmony and progress, and re- membering what has happened since I947 In other parts of Asia. it is remarkable that India and Pakistan today enjoy peace. 0*‘- der and good government.

True, they are by no means on rordial terms. For example, the Pakistanlnn Prime Minister re- cently said that Moslems in India would not observe Indepen- dence Day as free people. The Government at India formally aenounced this "baseless allega- tion", calling it "an affront to India's sovereignty" and "an in- citement to her Moslem citizens to look torn foreign country for protection of their rights and privileges." ‘From this exchange it i; plain that Pakistan and In- dia are not the friendliest of neighbors. But at. least their frontier quarrels have died down. The political future of all but three of the princely states has been settled. Both Pakistan and India have a strong lvvemmefll- an able civil service and a re- spectable army. Both have escap- od--so for at any rote-the Com- munist influence which ls dis- rupting or disturbing China. Malaya. Indonesia. Burma and other Asiatic lands. .

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Obviously the comparative tranquility of India is the result. lri largo port. of the political education its people received dur- the the period at British rule. Under the influence of Ameri- can comment on the sublet"- mony people regdrded Indian In- dependence ns o sort of liberation from on oppressive regime. Act- ually, it was India's arrival at maturity in the arts of govern- ment. The lenders of both the Aolotle Dominion: and the clv.l servants working under them. owe‘: great deal to the lessons in dernocrrlr. procedure arid -od- ministration they loomed from n -!SQYI\IIlv=a of Britain.

Tho important point.» however. ls riot bow or why India ond Pok- latori reached their brelerit. poll- tleol situation, but the tact. om

oon all bo recovered from the largo corporations ond the blooi- ea aristocracy. Blnco tho British taxation lo. lllro ouro. of tho alld- ina acolo vorloty. it. tollowa thot. a person loft with only I000 after taxation couldn't have bod vory much in tho first. plooe. Thoro- foro, oil tho “froo” thlo-orid-that, oil tho food iuboldlu and othor ooolol bandits being bonded out by‘ tho Labour Oovommaai oro h fir‘ the little followo ma. lo hora that moi-o than two million of thorn are florid down to tho

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No Summer Lasts

(New York Times)

One needn't; be old to know that August brings the end of summer. One merely needs to be olive Ind sentiment. For the tree-s show it, 1n their wearied leaves; and the ripe-headed grasses show lt, scat- terlng their seeds and falling be- fore the gusty rains. The frantic pace has slackeried. Fledgling: are on the wing. migration ahead. Ro- bins chatter In the mornln! 151"- iurri quiet. in the heat. of day, as though ln contemplation or the measured change. Crows are noisy. then almc-st solemnly silent. The sun rises later.

The heat ts still here. summer's heat bumed deep into the rocky hills; and the heat will remain, for the earth cools slowly. But. the nights, are longer. and the slow winds of the valley have lime to rustle the hilltop trees, tentative- ly, a little impatiently. And the cricket and the lratydld in the darkness. the cicada in the sun- light, scratch out their songs with o quick. imperative note: “Coma. my mate! No summer lasts for- everl"

Weeds grow swiftly 1n the gar- den. l-loed off, they force new leaves and quickly put forth bud and flower that they may come to seed for another season. But- terfly weed, the orange mlikweed, mowed off at the roadside only o few weeks ogo, flowers on a short. new stem. hurrying toward frui- tion. Goldenrod and asters llft rank stalks and fatten buds. the very color of autumn just there beneath the lapping aopaLs; the first of them will be in bloom be- fore August ls halt over. Tomatoes ripen.