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on low income groups because of the high- er proportion of their income which they -must expend on goods for immediate cou- suniption. That portion of income which

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DECEMBER 20. 1959

The Wax -. -

The island Gunrdlus Publishing co. , tEfE g . I H H H L CIBCULATION goes into investment escapes the levy aito- x 1 e Awagol-Llfeom ;,, ,.r;4 ”N;,, mg; b;innuI1Il.mto,I:M.Bmm 0:: M v . Gum. H I, n ' ' .

Total Cliy zone 8.705 gethen . g I g I ' ' )' er-gl Assembly to a study program -. ; RlctsgmTrading Zone cg: It would be a step in the wrong direc- g I lwhiaih includes qnplwllindfgusdmlllllw Carrying an nrmful of int i

AI g . ;.-on eve a s i 1 Tom N3-srnld I g RM, lion foi the Provinces to have surrendered g n 9 I ONE c:im"1;ct:'rm Md I welcome oi:-i gm ouvuoouls; ;ou51l;lIde:ll06Ieeluil:lll1g 341.0, N... m..,...gi..g ')l.rector, J. It .4...-.'..n the right to collect income tax only to turn V - spouse in those many national bus on s-recent afternoon and 0, Associate Editor, Frnnls Walker. to the pernicious indirect taxes for needed commlilllnltlels where men cant; wo- fetal? his seat to an elderly w.,,,,,,,,T men ve or ages yearn pos- as I: did so, he raised ms hat.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN VVEDNESDAY. DEC. M, 1960

The Shriidthig Ilollar

It is not so long ago that most people thought the dollar bill was a nice, com- fortable tliiiig to have in their pocket. A ten dollar bill, of course, was even better, and, for most people a twenty dollar bill was the best,0f all. Hundred dollar bills have always been too scarce to enter into the reckoning of ordinary folk.

Right now. the dollar bill is no longer quite so popular Instead of stowiiig the ubiquitous "greenback" away in the bank, or getting a bond which guarantees the re-

revenue.

FDIIURIAL NUIES It is not going to be a green Christmas after all and no one even seemed to be singing that they were dreaming of a white

Christmas. 0

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Developments in the fishing industry are expected to enable the fisherman to pursue his calling even during the winter months. It is scarcely surprising that his reaction is less than wholly enthusiastic.

I D O

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) constituted this date 1922. It includes over 50 local autonomous govern-

sess and till land of their own. Op- pressive systems of feudal land tenure, precarious tenancy and grinding fsarm labor have long loomed in their minds as the prime obstacles to personal secur- ity. health and dignity. It is msg- nificently fitting that as the Unit- ed Nations strives to introduce collective military security into a disordered world it should simult- aneously bend its energies to the constructive purposes of human welfare. - New York Herald Tri- bune. '

It will be something of a miracle if the people on this continent don't become convinced that our world crisis is being handled by the wrong men, Maybe the radio commentators should be given the job. Thesc persuasive gentlemen are more of a hindrance than a help at a time when clear think- ing is tremendously important.

His kindly and gentiemaiiiy Mi was so unusual that tr. ammed attention; a generation aga H,

failure of any younger man to mu; give up his seat would likewlse have iocusscd attention upon the delinquent and perhaps have earn. ed him a muttered rebuke, Th incident reveals to what ii. lamenge able degree the public manners 0; more than a few members or sodeg iy have deteriorated within :9. cent years. This young student be. came an object of regard became he did the manly thing and con. sideratc thing. some of the un, lors in the rear of the vehicle however, even snickered at m,,,' thereby giving further evidence of lack of breeding in some youn

folk who appear It times quite M, able to appreciate the obligation. of youth to their elders. A Ham", ton Spectator.

Paris is solng to celebrate 11.

merits and controlled by the Congress of the Soviets of the Union with an executive ' . . g g V g . V . . . V av V-. g , , of which Joseph Stalin is President. " ' ' '" '" " ' ' 4; Old Charlottetown

PUBLIC FORUM

Hearing them through our loud- speakers they sound wonderful. They have insight. foresight, hind- sight, analysis, logic and I dash of

Zmoth birthday next year and g good many French notables, head. ed by Jules Remains, are in New York handing out invitations 14,

turn on the due date of one hundred dol- lar bills. plus interest. people are trading their greeiibacks for goods. Why? Be-

cause there is no ionizer any guarantee 3 ' ' ii 1 military senius.1t is hard to es- the party. Two thousand years in r . . , . . - .. - . Til I I ” W” '49-” - th im i tht Lo o l tim iti that the once popular dollar bill will buy The lepolied lmdslo" of U- N- h9dd' ” ”" "m" ” ”'”” "' "" 4 :;5ewo:ningg3.”:r: mizking 3:3: :35; shgwsevdc? gsspgciaels sf:i'n will

discussion by cu: - espondenia l

. HOURS 0' questions of Interest. The : CLOSNG

tic attempts to draft them for

decreptitudc - not even gray hair, policy-making. Most of us retain I

quarters by field mice has its encouraging Cities, like women, often Iorget

as much food. clothing, and housing to-

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.. . , . - . . side. Rats do not seem to have made an G"""""' d0""0' -- t' I ks 1 this m0'”Em 95 1t doe.” toda-?' I, , a Nance at all but it i reagg .. H I t Ily endorse the opinion of Tm; N,gnv1'n' towgihliaggrldmnas vfareyr rggsongbje fundamental suspicion of the their exact ages. and Paris in. NS 8 hilfl lllmgw this 1055 0f fdlth 1” ppe ' 5 . 55mm? M w-respondents. and mmble ch.Cu1a,.' addmssed "wise guy," the fellows with all lostt ccaimt somewhere during the in mm it at we the or ..........

pie do foolish things, like buying more than they need, or even buying something they don't pzirticularly want. The experts call it inflation.

Professor Sumner Slichter of Harvard. who happens to be one of the world's most famous economists, says the way to restoi'c confidence in the dollar is more production. So long as goods that people need are avail- able in sufficient quantity to be exchanged for dollars, and the public know that they can be exchanged, people will hang on to their dollars and not spend them willy- nilly for fear they will lose value. Let prices continue to rise roughly ten per cent a year, says Mr. Slichter, and let govern- ments offer bonds with an "eSC313t0Y clause", so that when they fall due, if prices have risen meanwhile, the bondhold- er will get an extra dollar for every point rise in the cost-of-living index.

Such a scheme sounds pretty good, pro- vided everybody can get on the escalator. The trouble, of course, is that a lot of people would not be able to get on at all. People who purchased life insurance retire- ment pensions would not get on, because life insurance presently in force has no "escalator clause". Ten successive ten per cent rises in the cost-of-living would wipe out life insurance values for most people. Farmers would miss the ride. So would holders of corporation bonds. So would salaried folk who can hardly make ends meet as it is.

Somehow or other economist Slichter seems himself to have missed the escalator with this sort of reasoning.

changing climate

Whether our climate is getting warmer or colder is a question on which there is little agreement. The Halifax Mail-Star goes out on a limb and flat-footedly states that old-timers are all wrong about the weather, that iisciencc" says that this coun- try and all others are colder than they used to be.

There is general agreement, of course, that from about 3,000 B.C. the climate has been decidedly cooler. Saxon England, for example. enjoyed a balmy climate that would be the envy of Mediterranean lands today.

What should be noticed, however, is that there have been many signs that the cooling process has ceased and even been reversed. Glaciers both in North Ain- erica and Europe are definitely receding and temperature recoids show that at least the short-terni trend is towards higher temperatures.

No one can be very dogmatic about what the future may bring and, of course, there will be plenty of Arctic-type weather to chill the enthusiasm of those who look for sub-tropical conditions to make their appearance here.

Sales Tax

The proposal made at the recent Do- minion-Provinclal Conference that the con- stitution be amended to allow the Provinces to impose indirect taxation has aroused protest in various quarters. The l'33.S')ll for the proposal. of course, is the very great difficulty of collecting a sales tax directly from the consumer It has neces- sitated maklng every retailer an agent of the Treasury with resultant complications.

indirect taxes, however, and particu- larly the sales tax are probably the least fair method of rdising revenue. They are levied on all purchasers without regard to

disparity of income, but fail most heavily

iiig.

With its powerful homing device the R. C- A. F. Station, Summerside, will un- doubtedly provide a welcome service to fliers in difficult navigational conditions, even though many will never come near

the airport itself.

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A team of U. K. Research scientists have begun a five ll'iOllU”lS' period of in- vestigation of the behaviour of cosmic rays. They are conducting their experiments at the international research station in Switz- erland, Oil the highest slopes of the Jung- frau Mountain.

The U. S. A. .auto service is defying the U. S. Government which has ordered that no increase meantime be made on the price of new autos. It is most un- usual for a government to resort to such a measure, and one can sympathize with the companies in kicking against the

pricks.

The Brussels meeting of Atlantic Pact foreign ministers shows the 112 member nations to be very definitely on the same team. Russia's truculence may affect the measures which the meeting will agree to adopt but at the same time consolidates the common front as nothing else could do.

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The Monday night storm played havoc with our light and power systems. The Maritime Electric Co. Ltd., under the di- rection of Mr. V. A. Ainsworth, rendered yeoman service in keeping the plant and circuits in operation. The Guardian had ligiht, heat and power cut off, and got to press with the generous assistance of Mr. W. A. Gaudet and Mr. Jack Dillon of the Patriot, who placed their stereotype plant at its disposal, enabling the paper being put to press as soon as power was restored.

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The Rt. Hon. Louis S- St. Laurent has accepted the invitation of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews of which the Hon. Arthur Meiglien is president, to serve as lionorary chairman of Brother- hood Week which will bc held February 18-25, 1951 and yesterday in Ottawa gave his statement of acceptance to Richard D. Jones, executive director of the.Canadian Council of Christians and Jews the na- tional organization that sponsors the Brotherhood Week celebration.

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Egg prices on December 15 this year and previous years. The prices quoted be- lowiare for Grade A Large. At Montreal and Toronto the prices are those at which graded shipments are selling to whole-

salers. At other points quotations are prices to shippers for ungraded eggs. 1950 1949 1948 Montreal .. 56-57 47 51-52 Toronto .. 55 43 50 Winnipeg 52 42 45 Vancouver 60 41 43V,- Edmonton 52 40 44 Regina ...................... .. 57 37 48 Charlottetown .... .. . 52 - 46-47

Weight of Live and Dressed Poultry at Registered Stations week ending Dec. 2 Nov. 25 Nov. 18

Province lb. lb. lb-

B- C- ...................... .. 185,299 117,449 105,050 Alta. 712,222 487,842 272,025 Sask. 634,363 474,343 302,828 Man. 468,163 324,481 372,474 Ont. ...... 876,560 981,841 972,749

...... .. 498,878 562,966 651,293 9,848 7.845 15,895

26,196 24,471 19,158

MUSEUM MATERIAL

Sinmln your issue of Dec. 13th, 19st). you have a news item of in- terest regarding a handic;-an building for the Plowing Match Asscciuiioii at Duiidas.

I would suggest you make it a Miiscuiii, so as to include tnai piece of ilirougli road from Diin- das to Albion Cross, or the Dave- lll('lll at lliiigwcllis M1115. for a public i.horouglifare. i don't think there is worse on P. E. Island.

I am. Sir. etc.. TRAVELLER. Peter's Road. P. E. I.

STAND ('ORRECTEl)

WI-J Sir.-The ciicloscd Etlilorial Note based, I suppose. on the C.P. dis- patch in Saturday's Guardian shows how dependent the govern- ments are on the liquor traffic for revenue. I note however that you say that in this Province we spent 5560.722 for ivlinl we drank of which 5280361 went into Govern- ment excliequcrs. A closer look at the dispatch would show that it was the 5560.722 that went into the Government exchequcrs as that was the profit made by the Province. The amount we paid for what we drank was 31,919,- 537 in this Province alone for the year ending March 31, I949. (Cf. Guardian. March 9th, 19501 In view of the fact that this en- closed ccmiiiciit suggests the liquor situation is not as bad as the fig- ures show. you may wish to make some fur:li-;r coinmciil revealing our actual expciiciiturcs for what we drank. g I enjoy reading your Editorial Notes vcry much as well as many of the Editorials. I am, Sir. etc., HOWARD CHRISTIE Hunter River.

CAR -INSURANCE RATES

Sir,-I noticed in last Wednes- day's "Guardian" that car insur- ance rates are to be increased on the Island. I. for one. would Ni-0 to register my protest. against this act of the insurance companies. The rcason is this: The Govern- ment of Saskatchewan has proved by cxpcricnce that extremely goofi car insurance can be Ollmied it very low rates. ' .

For example a 19st) Ford. used on b-iisiucss, can be covered with fire and their, radio, -puvliiic liabil- my up to 540,000. passenger hazard rap 10,540,000, collision with 32o deducla-blc. pro-ilertv damage UP to 35,000, death benefits for anyone involved in the accident (including the driveyl u-p in 810.000. Pills 3 p320 weekly indemnity for lost. ll-me with medical. hospital and N": eial expenses covered-all this for 3.27.50 a year. The rate is smaller on older cars.

This insurance is not only Day- ing its wav-but the Government Insurance Co. hasgbuilt up a sur- pius of over a million dollars. More than this the lmV3”f lgsurtahncci comp:-inies have loucre I rates in Saskatchewan recently- The Wawaiiesa ConipanY YECGIWY

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Shine forth. bright suni.e. double the day. Let no malignant, misty fume. Nor foggy vapour, once presume To interpcse thy perfect slzlit This day. which makes us love thy light

For ever better. that we could That blessed object once behold. which is both the cirrutiiiereiicc. And center of all excclleiice:

Or rather neither. but a treasure Uiiconmied without iricasure. Whose center and circumfereiice, Including all preeniiiicnre, Excluding nothing but defect. And lrmnite in each respect.

ls equally both here and there.

And now and then and every where. And nhi ales. one. hiiim-if, tlic

sauie. A bccing fai-re above a name. Draw iieer then. and freely poure Forth all thy light into that hours. W hich was crowned with his birth. And made heaven envy earth. Let. not his birth-day clouded lie. By whom thou shins-st. and we see.

-Christopher Harvey (1597-16651.

lowered its rates from 316.50 to S15 in rural Saskatclieivnn for a policy which is designed to coni- pete favorably with the regular Government insurance which costs from s4 to 310 depending on age of car. - Why should we on P. E. I. have to pay still higher insurance rates now when the C. C. F. is making it possible for the Saskatchewan people to have such rcasniiably priced protection? Why can't our Government do as much for us as ihc C. C. F. can do for its p('0plc7 In the face of the Saskatch- ewan experience one thing seems dead certain-we're being forced to pay far too much for car iii- surance on Prince Edward Island. I am, Sir. eic.,

IRVING M. TOOMBS.

Aiibany. P. E. I.

to commute the hour of closing their establishments from 9 to '1 oiciock, and we are glad 10 he” that it. has, with but two or three exceptions, met with the approval of fill the principal merchants. ”Somc employers have looked upon it in the light of a strike: but surely they are mistaken. The employed make no demand, but respectfully urge some seven or eight very cogent reasons for the ziiirldgnicnt. of their hours of labour; and we feel assured if all the merchants would agree to the shorter time, that their business would be no less, their interests would he as well attended to. and they would have the pleasure to feel - surely no slight one to an lioiiorablc niiiid - that they were increasiiig ilie useiiiiiiess and hap- piness of a portion of mankind." -I-Iasziird's Gazette. May 18, I853.

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Set your affection on things. MJOVC. not on things on the earth For ye are dead. and your life is laid with chrlst. In God.

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FAMOUS OPERA

Adapted from the famous fairy tale, the opera Hansel and Gretel was first performed in Germany in 1893.

to top it all-

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couver Province.

The subject of strange wills should not be allowed to drop with- out a note on an eighteenth-cem tury lady, Madam Beswick, who had a pathological fear of being buried alive and who bequeathed 5:25.000 to her doctor . Dr. Thomas White. of Sales. on condition that she was embalmed and kept un- buried for a hundred years. Dr. white himself died in 1176. only twenty years after his patient. but her request was honorably observ- ed, and her mummified body pass- ed into the keeping of the trustees of Owens College, who, perhaps to their relief buried it in I-larpurhep cemetery on July 22, loss. Just ill years after Madam Beswick's death. Not unnsturaliy this carn- ed her the title of the "English

when a tourist named Julius Cse: ssr.hcld a meeting there a it in. ways was a good convention city

-and it has been receiving fairly frequent mention ever since. Paris has undergone during the years, of things aren't so changed as might be. For instance. the mug; Tower, which was built in 1889, h

some alterations course, but

they

as indisputably Parisian as the Cathedral of Notre Dame. which began taking shape before mo, Maurice Chevalier, who doesiri

quite reach back to 56 B, C., is still around. lvi seums, shops, then.- ters and everything else will forth something special, course, the streets still offer the best show of all. M. Romsins seems to have quite g party on his hands. We'd loic come. Herald Tribune.

and. of Paris win 56

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