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'Auu.TrIz-ea no Second-Clan 1uiifr3Ii'onie"a Department, Ottnwl. Tho lsinnd Guardian Publishing Co. ililtlitorvand-Ml.nElxE'-Dl;e:t.or. 1I.TATnu:netc. Associate Editor, Fnnlr Walker.

ClR(.1'LATIOiV "Coven Prince Edward lsluul like the dew”

"The strongest memory is weaker than tho woakul ink".

CHARI.0TTETOW.V, SATURDAY. JUNE 20.

Father's ilay

Fathers will consider that thcy are gel- ting only their just deserts in Father's Day being the longest day of the year. Their unassuming role during the rest of the year deserves no less. The day has long passed when father was not merely the hcad of thc house but its absolute dictator and martinct. The father today whose children address him as "sir" is a relic of a bygone age.

There are compensations. however, for thc loss of absolute power, for power is no- toriously a loncly thing. The comradeship of today's family lifc has been caricatured greatly to the disadvantage of the man of

lationship and one which the traditional stern father might well have envicd.

Like statcsmanship in a dcmocracy, be- ing a modern father calls for far more ability than docs bcing a dictator. lie must undcrstand his children, who may at times seem beyond understanding, and also know something of the outside demands which are and will be made on thcm. lie chooses to spend much of his time in activities which will keep the family as a unit, not in any sense acting the martyr. but be- cause he wishes it so. He does not look for gratitude or even acknowledgment of his efforts which he regards as being only what he wants to do, but it is pleasant. nevertheless. at least once a year, to be made much of.

ilotii Sides Benefit

To listen to the highly protected potato producers of Maine or the equally highly protected dairymen of Wisconsin, one might imagine that the U.S.-Canada trade in farm products was in one direction only-south. That, of course, is wrong, quite wrong, says the Financial Post.

Actually we buy more farm produce from the 1'. S. than that country buys from us. in the five years period from 1946-51 our bill for U. S. farm products was 5221 millions. In the same period the L'. SH bill for Canadian farm products was S208t millions.

Most Canadians know all about the chiefl Canadian farm exports to the United States, livestock and livestock products, feed grain. seeds, some wheat for upgrading the softer American flour and, until Washington set up new and highly questionable special re- strictions, some dairy products and po- tatoes.

The trade the other way, however. is not so well known. Few people on either side of the border seem to realize the huge amounts of American fruit and vegetables Canada imports every year, oranges, grape- fruit, grapes, out of season vegetables, early

either canned, dried or frozen.

in an average year our bill for early potatoes which we bring in freely from late wi'nter until June, will be far bigger than that which the Americans will pay for our late potatoes which move to their country in the fall and early winter. And there are a whole lot of garm products which we can't grow here at all or can't grow in sufficient quantity. things like pea- nuts. sweet potatoes, cotton, some grades of tobacco. soy beans, corn and so on.

It is perfectly truc that the U. S. mar- ket for our surplus farm products is im- portant. A lot of our farmers would be hurt. and hurt seriously, if this trade were restricted. But even more U. S. farmers would be hurt if'farm exports to Canada were curtailed. That's a point which should not be overlooked in all this alarming talk of new restrictions or retaliation. This trade north and south in both farm and non-farm products is a natural trade and of mutual benefit. Any interference with its steady development will hurt both of

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low State samtarv

The new Secretary of State, l-Ion. J. W. Plckersgill, was once secretary to Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King and latterly clerk of the Privy Council. So much has he been to the fore of late that rumor has nominated him as 1 possible heir-apparent All Prime Minister St. Laurent in the Lib- -inn! Party leadership. He will seek elec- tion as Liberal candidate in the Newfound-

the housc but in truth it is a very fine. re-,

.gins in the northern hemisphere.

potatoes and other fruits and vegetables,-

F. Gordon Bradley. There has been some criticism, notes the Hamilton Spectator, of this choice of a new Secretary of State on the grounds that Mr. Pickersgill was a civil service careerist and should not be thrust into the political arena. But whether the civil service should he a stepping stone to public office seems in the end to rest pretty much with the voters. It was the road taken by the late. Mr. King himself, who got his start as . deputy minister of labour. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Minister of External Affairs, is, another recent and classic example.

Just what qualifies a man to aim for

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

A Pause That Refreshes

the highest office in the land is a nice de- bating point. Historically Canada has notj been too consistent, cxcept in choosing nine; of its twelve Prime Ministers from the: legal profession, which is perhaps too com- monplace or too disturbing an observation; to bring up. Law has been a natural high-, way to politics since Sir John A. Macdon-i aid built his reputation first at the bar and then as leader of the Conservative Party. Our next ”great", Sir Wilfrid Laurier, started off as a lawyer, edited a newspaper for a couple of years until it ceased publication, then chose public life. Sir Wilfrid admitted, and it was universal- ly conceded, that he was a better states- man than a lawyer or an editor. Which was nothing to worry about. Abraham Lin- coin, after all, failed at nearly everything he tried until he became President of the iUnited States.

For a time thcrc was a rash of Blue- nose Prime Ministers who were also law- yers. Sir John Abbott, Sir John Thomp- son and Sir Charles Tupper all held that high office toward the close of the nine- teenth century, and'may have originated the unappreciatcd dig about the Marltlmes

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the legal tradition. Only Mr. King and Sir

exporting fish. brains, and Premiers. Sir of questions of interest. Tho

, , , , - Guudis does not necessar- Robcit Borden, Aithui Meighen, R. Hy mdgm mo ammo” 0, Bennett and Mr. St. Laurent were all in correspondents.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column il open to the discussion by correspondents

Mackenzie Bowell and Alexander Macken- zie broke with the pattern of law and; 1 politics. i

NOTES

EDITORIAL

Tomorrow, Father's Day. U I D Tomorrow the 3rd Sunday after Trin- ity, 4th after Pentecost.

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Tomorrow. the longest day, Summer be-

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Welcome and farewell to the Royal Arch Masons from the three other Atlantic Provinces who have gathered in Charlotte- town for their annual convocation of their

grand chapter. I O I

About. two fifths of the deaths from the various types of accidents among insured preschool children in the United States oc- cur in the home; the proportion is nearly

as large in Canada. 5 O .

Medical science has been catching up with folk medicine and witch doctors and ,now is catching up with the sentamental- ,ists. An Ottawa physician reports that it is iliterally true that one can die of a broken ; heart. it Federal and Provincial contributions in the proportion of three to one should pro- vide satisfactory financial assistance to lob- gster fishermen who were hard hit by last lmontlfs storm. Basing the need on the .totai catch for the season, however, would ihe unrealistic for even with an average

total catch many individual fishermen t might well have failed to share in it.

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E Nadir the Conqueror, shah of Persia. :died this date 1747. He drove out the Afghans from Persia and restored the ishah, later replacing him by his infant vson, Nadir becoming regent. On the death of the child in .1736 Nadir was crowned. ilie extended his kingdom as far as Kanda- bar and Delhi, but his tyrannical govem- ment caused much dissatisfaction and he

was assassinated.

Of much interest to our fur farmers and all concerned in the industry is the. promo- tionai campaign decided upon by the Cana. dian National Silver Fox Breeders Associa- tion, reference to which appears in Colonel MacKinnon's weekly column in today's is- sue. At the suggestion of Mr. George A. Callbeck, manager of the Fur Marketing Department, a sum of .W5,000 is being set aside for this purpose. The proposed plan includes the making up of some 1,000 silver fox and its mutations from designs of lead- ing stylists, to be placed in the better fur stores and featured. A publicity campaign will also be put on, and other steps taken to foster interest and make sales. The 'campaign will be launched in co-operation with the American Fox Breeders Associa- tion and should prove of great valuelto

N0 WOMAN CANDIDATE? sir,-We should have more Is- land. women taking an active part in political affairs. Are we the only province which can boast. of having an all-male Legislature? The woman's point. of view might. lnci-cue the usefulness of enacted law. The eligible female voters outnumber the male and perhaps with the incentive of having a lady MP. to whom they could voice their opinions, the women might, make use of this latent. voting power.

Women have A different slant on things than men do. The form- or have s more idealistic and sympathetic approach to problems as opposed to the cold-faced Judi- cial attitude of men. 4 At an informal meeting recent- lv 9. group of women were talking with two candidates for the com- ing federal election. one rather disappointed lady said later. "If - had any inspirational light he cer- tainly kept it well hidden under A basket of platitudes. They both reminded me of Jack Homer. They are going to sit in a corner at. Ottawa and pull out plums to drop in the laps of their district constituents.” I am, Sir., etc, SUFFRCD - JET

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Sir,-Year nftcr year the day set. aside as Father's Day grows in popularity as Dad seems to be- come more and more important. It has so often been said, "What is home without. E. Father?" Father in the one who is away all day like the birds seeking food. and mane.- or the means to provide it for his dear farmliy. He is the one who is called upon so many times tol restore order in the family whenl things get. beyond mother's con-i Lrol.

Despite his cross look. father lsi, the one whose licart. nnd soul nrcl in the welfare of his family: his last. cent will go for them, his last heartbeat. and his last. breath. Friends and sweethearts may drift from us when we need them most: when we go hcgtzing to them they often don't. want us any more; they seek out. new friends, and we must go to Dad-the one we were afraid to tellour troubles to. Oh, he would never understand this fast, age? How we mistook him! He is the one who has shouldered the load and faced the sea of life with its temptations and passions, its sins and hardships: he best. knows his children's very minds and henrts from his own.

For many long years I looked to father for his council, and to lean on when friends failed me and I wu down. since last Father's Day I have gone with him to the very door of Eternity, only to come back alone as he went on through the portals to everlasting life. And before I"nt.her'I Day comes again in mother yen. more and more father: will have passed on, be- yond the call of their dear ones And the touch of their hands. Let us Iii remembe this as we ob-

serve Father's Day this Sunday- your: and mine. I lm. Sir. etc. WALTER. O'BRIEN

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persons queried at random on the streets of London, England, by The Daily Mirror, knew what. the letters NATO stand for. They were taken for a medicinal preparation, r. foreign statesman, a rude re- mark and the name of in. race horse. Sixty said frankly they did. not know. Before we look down our contumellous noses at those other Londoners we should speculate on our own store of knowledge about then post-war organizations with their alphabetical abbreviations. If. is easier to say NATO than re- cite it in full. By constant repeti- tion it: is easy to forget the full title, and these. are repetitious times.--London Free Press.

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VVATCHING BY A SICK-BED

I heard the wind all day. And what. it. was trying to say I heard the wind all night

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Only twenty-eight out of 100

Waxf.

generation in hnppliy content with its own dances and inclined to smile at what its moth- era and fathers loved. The waltz was once thought. rather shocking. Pavane and Coranto. minuet and saraband flourished and faded and flourished again. Dances, like all sweet customs, have their ups and downs. But the dancers who take the floor today, falling, as young people should. under the spell of rhythm and seeking for romance, may claim to enjoy as wide a choice as has ever been of- fered since - heaven knows when - the first fiddler started toes beating in time to his invitation. -London Times.

Every

l LEGISLATIVE PETITIONS

i The following. petitions werc lnniong those presented at the. ses- sion of the Legislative Assembly in 1834:

Rave as it: ran to tight: After the wind the rain. And then the wind again Running across the hill As it rum still.

And all day long the sec Would not. let. the land be.

But. all night. heaped her sand On to the land:

I saw her glimmer vrhitc

All through the night,

Tossing the horrid hair

Still tossing there.

And all day long the stone Felt how the wind was blown: And all night. long the rock Stood the son's shock:

While from the window. I Looked out and wondered Why. why at such length

Such force should fight

strength.

such

- John Mascfleld.

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Tlie Age Old Story

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And Jesus doputed from chance. and cum! nigh unto the son. of Galilee: and went up into n moun- min, and out down there. And great multitudes cnma-. upon him. having with them those that were lune. blind. dumb. maimed, and mlny others. and cast. them clown cl: Jeaun' feel: and in llcnlnl them: inmmnch that the multi- 't.mlo wondered, when they saw the dumb um-alt, the maimed to

blind in Mac: Ind they glorified lho God of Israel.

whole. the lama to walk, and the

From Joseph Sag, Oliver Thom- ns and other Indians, setting forth ithat in consequence of the failure 'nf their crop of potatoes and In- dian corn for the last two years, innd from the scarcity of fish and jfavrl consequent upon the increase lot white inhabitants, they have lhecn reduced to a state of great idcslitutlon.

From several proprietors of

pasiurr lots in the Royalty of Charlottetown. stating that due to the inaccurate manner in which .the road leading from Charlotte- town towards Princetown had been laid off, they were deprived of n lzrcat portion of their land, which is held by the owners of lots on the opposite side of the road. and llhat they are obliged to pay the Jinx now imposed for land which lthay do not possess. i From inhabitants of Cucum- fpcque, setting forth that A few yvars no the petitioners expend- lod much valuable labour in open- ing A direct. line. of communica- tion hetween their settlement and the Great Western Road, a dis- tance. of about five miles. but thcir work is render:-d unavail- able for want of bridges. four being required on the line.

From divers inhabitants of Char- lotteiown. complaining that the ditches formerly made in the

JUNE

20.

on the last day of March when Spring was still behaving in "manner hesitant." I planted two small potatoes in the garden. No particular ceremony was brought into use for the occasion. I simply dug two small holes. put in 3. bit. of dressing, and covered the need with a handful of earth wlhch I must say was not too warm or mellow at the time. Then I dir- ected my mlnd for it minute to the unseen power that looks after the young and went on my way to more urgent. tasks.

The few friends whom I told about the early planting smiled indulgently and informed me that nothing whatever would come of the experiment. It. was much too early in the season, the ground was too cold, and the seed would cither rot or freeze to death. In this climate it is foolish to put anything in the ground until Jum lit at the earliest.

When April passed without so much as a breaking of the soil where my seed had been sown I began to feel I. bit uneasy. And when May followed April into the silent. chambers of the past and than was still no sign of a tiny sprout I reluctantly admitted that my sceptical friends had been wiser than I. It. then became nec- essary to think up some way in which I might deal with the in- evltnble "I told you so!". Confess- ion of failure is almost alwlyl a humiliating experience, however strengthening it. may be to one's character. And when the confess- ion il due to lack of wisdom in one'a relationship with the good earth it seems to take on the character of moral derellctlon.

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I did not go to that. particular spot in the garden between the last. of Mcy, which I considered would be the last charce for some- thing to happen, and the 11th of June. My visit. on the latter date was for some other purpose, for by that time I had given up hopes of ever seeing 9. potato vine in the place. But, I had given up too soon, for there they were, five or slx inches high, and carrying themselves proudly. rejoicing in good health and spirits. l My first. thought. was almost. of. shame. Shame that I had been a

setting forth that they are in the habit. of exporting large quanti- ties of agricultural produce, but are materially impeded in their operation: by the great extent of flat between the channel of Dunk River and the only public landing place in the settlement, so that, in loading their vessels, they are under the necessity of using scows and other lighters. which is at- tended with much trouble and

The A Passing Scene

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CONCERNING TWO POTATOEI

tfancies with his garland anti sug-

mln of little faith which had M been robust. enough to stand hi against doubt: and unbchel, M, second thought was one of lo: intense that I wanted to M3; ,0 the top of my voice, "The potatne, are upi"' My third thought Much soon subdued the other mt. M. one of wonder at. the miracle nrng eyes had seen. A mystery as ;,,,, as the earth itself. and 5m. as ....,.. and fresh as the sunbeam um danced today at. high noon.

One after another in quirk SW ceaslon there came questions gym no man can answer. Thcso W-R, to plants must. have .--,,;,,.,.,,,. shortly after I visited the 5pm with disappointment in my immi on May am. Where had the spear been for two whole months) What had happened to it? Iiow dxl it manage to survive the ir - i,... low and the cold danipnrss .w...,.1. Evidently it. had not. perlghm m the ground or the new vines would not. have appeared at all. But, why hsd the germinating process tak- en so long?

Are the unseen forccs th'i' .3... for even a small potato pi&l' '

- I l their habits as well as stcrnl, ti: termincd in their purpose? w.,

the delay intended to rcnurm me in some phychic way that ha,-t. has no essential funcuon in growth and life? Or, that lmm may lie dormant. for a msnn, and then. in some lltexpllrnblg circumstance, rise and go forward to fulfillment. . . . Can it be true, as a nut:-ti p'u.lo. sopher of old time iiclirrrrl, um, the life of a vegetable or .1 iiI'.lr'r or a root is, in many cssrntml points. very like the life of man? Does it. know pain and pl:-ash long delays and rich cont-ins: the uncertainties of fortune the irrevocable resolutions of an ordered plan? Does it. "in communion sheet quaff immortality and jnr”" Dm Milton's "sanctity of rcasnn" Mrs some deep affinity with tltc smi- ling in its dark damp lwi arfi with ”the gadtling vine” as well as with tho reckless splrr of man? Is a budding plant uw will not. rest. until it. has seen the sun the same in principle as "a pm: soaring in the high i'c:ison of his