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President. Iun A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm R. Burnett; Sccy-Trulti" (i. .\l. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J it. Harriett: Associate Eilltor, Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Jlleiriory is Weaker Than the IVeakest Ink." Miywmiv. JUIATTTTAIFIS ‘l

Costly Bungling

Frido 's complete breakdown of water and electric light and power facilities in Charlotte- town is something which should not have hap- pened, and certainly should not be permitted to happen again. lt seems that a I4-inch water main was broken on th: Mount Edward Road by a machine employzd by the Provincial Deport- ment of Public Works in digging a culvert, The workmen in charge apparently were unaware that they were in the vicinity of water pipes, and went blithely ahead, dropping the bucket of the digger with such force as to crack the heavy cast- Iron main which had lnin undamaged there since it was placed in position sixty years ago. Why were th-Jsc workmen not better informed? Had the Wotcr Commissioners or City engineer been notifisd they would probably have been able ta furnish a complete layout of the pipe system, but it seems that because there were no sur- face markers, no questionswere asked. The lack of co-ordination between the provincial and civic departments in this instance has cost our citi- zens a pretty penny.

Again, it appears that provision was made several years ago for accidents of this kind, when an emergency water main was laid on the Mol- peque Rood.‘ Why was this not used? No satis- factory answer to this question could be obtain- ed over the week-end, but it seems that the shut- offs from long disuse, could not be operated, and if the water was turned on in the emergency main it would run back and flood the broken main. Repairs could not be effected under such conditions, but it is claimed that in case of dire necessity-such as o bad tire-the emergency main could have been used.

All this does not make sense to our citi- zens. The fact that there was an emergency main which was not capable of being used in Friday's emergency is a matter that should be cleared up. Our small industries in the city, as well as dairy and refrigerator plants, and every business requiring electrical power, were at a standstill for a whole day and evening, entail- ing loss of thousands of dollars, not to speak of the inconvenience caused by lack of bath water and light. Fortunately no fire occurred to determine whether or not the unused emergency main could have been utilized. Those familiar with the situation are of the opinion that a fire would have meant a very serious calamity.

There should be a thorough investigation into Friday's disruption of our most vital public services. This is the only way to ensure that there will be no repetition of such costly bung- ling.

Slr John A.’s Vision

In a Dominion Day editorial the Winnipeg Free Press quotes the following striking prophesy by Sir John A. Macdonald at Confederation, proving that he was indeed a statesman of vision:

"We were standing on the very threshold of nations, and when admitted we should occupy no unimportant position among the nations of the world. Long might we remain connected with Great Britain. tI-e hoped for ages, for ever, Canada might remain united with the mother country. But we were fast ceasing to be a de- pendency, and assuming the position of on ally oi Great Britain. England would be the centre, surrounded and sustained by an’ alliance, not only with Canada, but Australia, and all her other possessions, and there would thus be form- ed on immense confederation of free men, the greatest confcdorocy of civilized and intelligent men that ever had an existcnce on the face of the globe."

Na Reason For Pride

The Moncton Transcript, a Liberal news- paper, finds nothing for the King Government to boost about in its latest amendment to the Old Age Pensions Act. "In a somewhat unusual show of economy," it says drily, "the Govern- ment proposcs to increase iii: old age pension to qualified poisons from S25 tu only $30 per month. But in order to qualify the applicant must submit to the humiliating moans test, as before. As a matter of fact, about the only change from the previous legislation, so far as we are able to learn, is slight modification in the regulations governing qualifications for the pension, and the five dOIIUF a month increase. To those elderly pcrsons-—uiid there are a great many of tiiem throughout Canoda—who have been getting along on on inadequate pittance for monthsiand years in the hope that when the Government bill becam: law things would be a little easier for them, ir must be a bitter disap- poiiitment."

i The legislation, however, is not in conform- ity with the Government's previous proposals. In its submission to the Dominion-Provincial Con- feience on Reconstruction in August, "I945, the Federal Government stated; "As part of the gen- eral proposuls now put before the conference it is proposed that the Federal Government would sstoblish a system of national old age pensions entirely financed and ‘administered by the Fed- lral Government and paid at the uniform rote of $30 per month regardless of means to men and woman aged 70 and over in all parts of Con- odo. There would be o partial recovery from people over 70 paying income tox."

To say that, because the Federal Govern- ment's proposals were rejected by the confer- ence freed it from responsibility, is not convinc-

Transcript points out, seven of the nine Prov- inces huv-e since accepted the Federal Govern- ment's proposals. "The fact agreement on old age pensions was not written into the pact, can hardly be taken as just reason to deny the aged people in those seven Provinces of an adequate pension and freedom from the means test.

"So far as the means test is concerned it is obnoxious in that it virtually compels appli- cants to perjuic themselves in order to qualify for a pension they must have in order to live—a pension they are fully entitled to. lt had been hoped the Government would abolish the means test os indicated in their I945 submission. As stated by the Government the income tax could be used as on instrument to recover the pension from those paying income tax, and who would not require it. A great many Canadians over 70 years of age will hope the Senate will exercise its power is considering the Old Age Pensions Bill and return it to its original sponsors for some much needed alterations."

— EDITORIAL NUIES .-i

Friday and Saturday were circus days for little folks, and big folks with children's capo- city for enjoyment. * it At last Ilia reason has been revealed for Russia's refusal to allow brides of Englishmen to leave the country. In all seriousness it is explained that women talk too much. s!‘ ~k i: 9c

Skepticism is as much an enemy of truth as is gullibility. It seems that numbers of people saw the so-colled "flying saucers" but refrained from saying anything because they knew that

they would not be believed. ‘k A‘ ‘it W

Saint John and Halifax have reached agree- ments with the C. N. R. for additional payments in lieu of taxes. Here should be a new source of revenue for Charlottetown, 'f the Mayor and Councillors could think sombiihing up. ‘k ‘A’ t *

While Canada is officially discouraging married women from taking jobs by reducing tax exemptions the United Kingdom is carrying on on intensive campaign to recruit women for in- dustry.

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Under the Saint John, N.B., taxation agree- ment, the C. N. R. must pay immediately $11100,- 000 to cover the years of I944, I945 and I946, the I947 grant of $75,000 before Oct. I and the annual $75,000 for four succeeding years by July I of each _year.

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The Women's Institutes lust week had the best convention of their long existence, and have now evolved as on organized asset in public life second to none, and that from a be- ginning in merely domestic and purely local in- tcrcsts. lt is u standing example of what may be accomplished by disinterested and effective organization and development; first the home, then the school, next the churches, followed by the community, and in due succession, provincial and federal policies and enactments. Today the Women's Institutes are a powcr-for-gaod in the

Island second to non-e. ‘A’ A‘ i’ W’

St. Sir Thomas More, English writer and statesman, died this date I535; son of o Justice of the King's Bench he was placed as a pag-e in the household of Archbishop Morton, then went to Oxford under John Colet, on earnest ecclesi- astic and educational reformer; became M. P. and Speaker of the Commons. After Wolsey's disgrace, More, much against his will, was made Lord Chancellor of England in I529, filling the office admirably. In I852 he resigned, because of Henry Vll's breach with Rome; he refused to acknowledge Henry's claim to the title of head of the English Church, and was imprisoned, tried for high treason and executed. More's chief work was Utopia (l5l6) a l6th century picture of on ideal country governed by perfect laws; written in Latin it met with the instant ap-y proval of continental humaiiists. His History of King Richard III is an excellent example of l6th century classical prose. More was a friend of Erasmus, from whose letters may be gleaned many details concerning his life; he married twice; in I886 was bcalilied by the R. C. Church. ‘A’ i‘ * i’

'I‘I-IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Our northern nrau ll a hardy plant. Whlle garden vegetables have been stir-taking beneath the surface of the soil or emerging tentatively and tlmorously sturdy grass shoots have been thrusting upward. says The Fort William Times-Journal. The cool winds o! the Lokeheod Maytlme do not affrlght the grass. This means more and better milk. So what. lf it does mean, also, that lawn mowers have to be brought. out. sharpened and oiled tn order that. the lawns be kept neat and trim]

The history of the Farguel House on St. Peter street. appears to have repeated itself with the Kent House at. Monlmorency Falls. Just. as was the case with the former. so the latter historic building has not only been for sale but has actually gone begging for many years. Since no one has been better prepared to do anything to save the Kent House, its loss to the public ls most. regrettable but can hardly be the subject of reasonable criticism or complaint. The Quebec Power Com- pany. which is the present owner, naturally knows its business best but we should have thought. that it would have attached a greater value to the picturesque Kent. House in its matchless setting of the Montmorency Falls as is source of tourist traffic.- Quebec Chroni- cle-Telegrnph.

News is that the army is trying to reduce the number of sizes it. carries in shoes. from 130 different measurements says The Boston Post. The Quartermaster Corps explains that when a, shoe store doesn't have the right size for a customer. the worst that. happens ts loss or the customer. But the army cannot afford to “lose a customer." That's right. And, of course, no shoe store ever had 11,000,000 customersl

A committee of trained experts at Berea pooled their minds to ex- plain why crows swlm In a circle. Country crows find their perch on tree limbs, hillsides, corn stalks eiicl other slanted objects. This causes them to put; more than one half of their gross weight on the leg on the down side. This results In over-development of the down lcg. It becomes stouter than the other leg. When a crow Ls-swlm- miug, therefore, the stronger o! the two legs is utilized with more vigor, causing the crow to swim in a circle. To prevent refutation ot‘ this hypothesis. it can be pre- determined whether the crow will swim clockwise or counterclock- wise by observing which direction the crow faces when he nights- Loulxsville Courier-Journal

The popular conception of profes- sors as very unpractlcal persons is rite-n untrue and unjust. Profes- sors can be very practical people upon occasion, says The Montreal Gazette. This was evident recently at the annual baccalaureate ser- \i.~e at Mount Allison University o1 Sackville. N. B. When the time isms t0 take up the offering, no collection plates were to be found. But eight robed and hooded pro- fessors rose to the occasion. With due dignity they left the platform, cioffeil their "mortar boards" and passed them among the congrega- tion in place of the missing plates. In this manner the offering was collected, the professors returned to the platform and the service continued. Whether these unusual roller-Lion plates stimulated giving was not revealed. But. it was cer- iainly demonstrated that. the aca- demic mind ls not incapable of meeting a, practical problem.

Drunkenness is no excuse f theft, assault, o: any other crli. On the contrary, ‘it. should be loo. ed on as a factor for aggravatin, the guilt of the accused. The mar who ‘rs inspired to lawlessness when iic has been drinking should not.

irlrink, and courts should take the

attitude that, when he docs so. he. ls deliberately bolstering hlmsclfly for wrong-doing. - Windsor Star.

In his last years, too. Ford began to experiment with another idea u-lilcli was even more revolution- ary. This was a scheme to bind ln- dusli-y and agriculture together‘ by

Four years ago this week, on July l0, I943, the following ‘announcement was issued from flied Force Headquarters in Algiers; "Allied forces undcr command of General Eisenhower‘ began landing operations on Sicily early this morning." The report was of special signifi- cance to Canadians and excitement mounted, with o further announcement that the invadingr force included the lst Canadian Division as well as British and American formations. The Can- cdian division's first brush with the enemy was on July I5 when it was victorious in capturing the hill town of Grommichcle. Before the 3B- doy campaign ended, the Canadians took or help- ed take a number of towns including Leonforte, Assore, Agira and Regulbuto. In th-e first four weeks of the Sicilian fight, the lst Canadian Division marched obout I20 miles through moun- tainous and difficult country — further than any other division in the Eighth Army. It oper- ated in continuous and extreme heat and for most of the way was in constant touch with the enemy. Total Canadian casualties in Sicily, ac- cording to figures compiled by the Army's His- torical Section, were I73 officers and 2,261 oth- er ronks. Of these, 38 officers and 447 other ranks were killed or died of wounds. A few not- ural deaths are alsp irlcluided in these figures.

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Mr. Bracken declares it is a matter of na- tional conccrn sending away the young brain: of the Morif res in order to earn a livelihood. So soy we all of usyond it is up to the thin provinces, individually and collectively to agitate until Prime Minister Klng and other Upper Can- adians are mode to realize what Maritime Rights are. The Provincial Governments, im- spective of politics, aro- the organizations to suggest ways and means, and to keep hummer-

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trig at it until our objective is attained.

making the farm the source, not. c-nly food for the workers but of raw material for the factory. Ford ivns the great patron of the new science of "chcmurgy" which aims to turn products and farm wastes lnto paint and fuel and plastics and similar materials. Death came to him before his work along this line had borne much fruit. but. in the long run It. may prove a! “loch-making as the undertakings he lived to complete. — Edmonton Journal.

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correlpondantl. IPflfiNNHNMJJQHAhMSKR-‘HNK CITY BUILDING FLAG

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‘Tis only an old tattered rag;

II doesn't seem right.

It should fly day and night,- The night air is bad for the flag.

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CITIZEN IIXODUS T0 U. S. A.

Sin-An item in the news re- cently (Guardlan, June 25) quoted Frand Foulds. president of the Agriculture Institute of Canada. as calling for higher salaries and comparable working conditions in the Dominion "to meet the chal- lenge of the exodus of trained personnel to the United States."

While I am ln favor of free movement hither and yon 1n a democracy. in view of the known fact. that the above ‘trained per- sonnel‘ (l. e.. at. the professional or executive level) would rep- resent only a comparatively sma.l fraction of thls southbound traffic. it seems to this reader" that son e- one has been as the saying goes “asleep at the switch’, and that. special policies should be develop- ed whereby the gap between sal- ary levels In the two countries could be sufficiently nafrcuvcri in retain brain-power. at the execu- tive and professional levels, in Canada ‘i’

One of the poets made the fol- ‘.owing tart reference to Trade‘ expenditures in a contra-t ii: the no-ccillng cost of ‘War’, whlxh made an impression on this incur mind:

"And what is ‘Trade’? Said he to me: ‘Tls only ‘War’ grown mlserly“

It may be that, of the 18.000 Canadians who migrated to tho United States ‘in 19-16, there uouxi be 1,000 first-class lCCIIlllFlJLS, and. let us say, a dozen mcn and women with genius’ which will alter the pattern of a communitys life?

As I see it. ll; is the duty of the government. to screen this out- flow of Canadian axporleuio and aloillty. While the "S" sign 1s not always a reliable measure of a man's citizenship. still. Mr. Editor. It is in the picture. and has lured 300,000 young Canadians from the agricultural ranks since Septem- ber, 1939.

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