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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dilly (Founded tn ti“)

Authorized in Hes-uni] Cline flail. hunt Office Department, Ottawa. The lsiinist (iuarsliun Publishing Co. ldlsor and tlisuisging lllreatur, J. It. Burnett.

. Aesdvlute Editor, Innis Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest lnk." r CHABLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 194a

Vocational Training

ln conjunction with the Dominion govern- ment, the Province is implementing a civilian vocational training programme to supplement the present educational facilities. For the first time in history of the Province, young Islanders will have ample opportunities to receive practical instruction in trades and crafts of their own choosing. ln some cases, small sums will be paid towards living expenses.

lt is commendable that facilities should sxist through which those leaving school may gain iuch practical instruction. ln days gone by, ap- prenticeship was the means of "learning a trade," and it is, perhaps, unfortunate that this old method should have fallen on evil days, for it was by this means that British trades and crafts gained world-wide leadership. A trodesman, hav- ng served his apprenticeship, was a master of his trade. ‘i

The idea of apprenticeship was not wholly zarried info the new world, and normally trades- men arrived "ready-made" from the Old Coun- try. Boys, an leaving school, were not content with the small wages offered apprentices when they could earn much higher wages in unskilled work. industry began to feel the lack of young tradesmen and "trade schools" were set up in large centres by private enterprise.

The current answer to the problem is vo- cational training under government aegis. lt may be that this new method will prove superior to the old —- and hard — way of apprenticeship. lt may be that the new feeling of social secur- ity will foster better training conditions for the young as compared to the fear of authority which probably contributed largely to the ex- cellence of the old product. x

In the meantime, let no one scorn the old way and cleave to tho new, until the latter has truly supplanted the former in a fair field with no favour. Apprenticeship required no gov- ernment as a foster-parent and its children built well the stuff of civilization.

The easier things come, the easier if is to abuse them and the closer they must be watch- ed. There may be a temptation to accept all and sundry who apply in order to score a numerical and "paper" success, for this innovation. Some young people may be tempted to enter voca- tional training as an easy way of "getting by" for a year or so.

lt would appear that if success is to crown vocational training efforts, the Department of Education will require a policy of competent screening rather than one of universal accept- ance. Perhaps this result could be achieved by combining vocational training with practical apprenticeship, and amending the existing but inoperative Apprenticeship Act along these lines.

Politics Without iianool

The tributes appearing in The Guardian to the late lamented Senator MacDonald from leading members of both political parties is striking evidence —- if such were needed — that we do not take our politics too seriously in

Prince Edward Island; at least there are other

matters which, by common consent, are regard- ed as of much more consequence. The same moral is drawn by the Ottawa Journal in com- menting on a statement by Colonel Drew, Pro- gressive Conservative leader, in the course of a speech in Halifax.

"George Drew's plea that we banish preju- dice and hate from politics," says the Journal, "is one that can — and should — be supported by all our parties. All of us may hold to our convictions, have the privilege of believing in them passionately and fighting for them vig- orously, but there can be no gain for anybody in making a difference of opinion a cause for hatred. That sort of thing, roncor and malice, is the antithesis of sportsmanship, alien to our

way.

"All of us in Canada are Canadians, seek- ing nothing but our country's good. lf in the quest we believe in taking different paths why should that be cause for hatred? No such hatred existed among our _sons when, in glor- ious comradeship, they marched against a com- mon enemy. No one asked then whether the com- panion by his side, on battlefield or in bomber, was a Protestant or Catholic, a Jew or a Gentile, a Conservative or a Liberal, of French origin or English. They were brothers in arms, which was all that mattered.

'"lt is all that matters in peace. We may be- lieve what we believe; why should the right of that, a priceless heritage, be made a cause for barren hate, for sterile prejudice?

"There is one people, the British, who more than any other have made a success of parliamentary democracy. Not the least signifi- cant thing in the story of that success is that amid all their great controversies they refused to stoop to hate. Thus in the midst of the pas- sionate Home Rule controversy political antago- nists remained personal friends, notable ex- amples being Morley and Charnberlai .

"Our own Sir Wilfrid Laurier, o ll assail- ed violently, always practised mognanimity; his unfailing kindness and_ courtesy towards political foes become a ‘legend. it was Michael Clark- 'Red Mlcllael'--who once stirred the House by telling it how, despite his tremendous pirilippic against his old leader over conscription, ‘the first ondfilbllhst letter l received when my son

' “If in [ravine collie from Wilfrid Laurier.‘

',"Noneof as silodld xrant our politics to de- ‘ 1 linte pillow-fights, without the - good v eypieet-cggsreversy. lotcoimoversv with-

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out rancor is the mark of the civilized mind. No truly educated man hates anything that isn't vile or evil —- and there is nothing vile or evil in any of our parties. So let us all, for our own sakes, and for Canada's, shun and discourage the thing that has come in so much of Europe, where raving skeletons shout their bitter ideologies amid a welter of cruelty and violence." '

EDllURlAl. NUIES

More than customary sympathy goes out to Mrs. J. A. MacDonald on the great lass she has sustained, she being in the Charlottetown Hos- pital suffering from a‘ heart condition.

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One factor in the cost of milk distribution in Charlottetown is bottle losses, which amount- ed to over $4,000 last year. lt is hoped that all - our citizens will co-operate in reducing this un- necessarily high figure.

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New Brunswick's lumber industry has little to fear from loss of United Kingdom markets. A comparatively small drop in price is all the encouragement prospective home builders need to induce them to ta-ke the plunge.

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An exchange points out that while the aver- age cost of an automobile has decreased 60 per cent in 35 years, in the some period the average cost of a dwelling has increased l9_3 per cent. The explanation of course, is mass production, not in tens or hundreds but in thousands.

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With the introduction of the new liquor ra- tion books old books begin ta take on the aspect of souvenirs. it will be a long time before collec- tors find another certificate that the holder re- quires alcohol medicinally for a period of six months.

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Toronto schoolmasters, in their monthly bulletin, protest against the idea that adding subjects to the curriculum necessarily means more education. With all the new courses the teach-

Notes From

Another Island

By “Anaon"

ers are wondering how much time will be left for mathematics, English, history, science and

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Col. George Drew said it, but it should be "l hope every Canadian will feel pride in the country in which he lives. There is no room for jealousy between us if above all else we recognize that we are all Ca-

the watchword of every party.

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at the stake.

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inside track" of Federal affairs. I ‘h

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It is encouraging to learn that during the third quarter of i948 Britain's infant mortality rate fell to a new low record. The death rate. among children under one year of age now stands at Z8 per l,000 live births. The previous lowest was 3i per l,000 recorded in the quarter ending last June. Ten years ago, the infant mortality an rate stood at 42. The new figure just announced by the Registrar General, as well as being o new low record, points to a remarkable increase

in the rate of improvement. .' fl

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According to the Financial Post, Charlotte- fown's meat markets and radio stores are so far bearing the brunt of consumer resistance, with

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of England died this date i558; daughter of Henry Vlll and Catherine of Aragon, succeeded her brother Edward VI; crus|i- ed Wyatt's rebellion; had her rival to the throne, Lady Jane Grey executed; married Philip ll of Spain, quelled resulting insurrection; in war with France lost Calais; heresy lows were re- revived and nearly 300 Protestants were burned

U U ' the new Prime Minister regret must be expressed at his attitude towards representation of this Province in the Govern- ment. lt may be that in size and industrial de- velopment we may be the smallest in the Domin- ion, still we are a Province with all the rights an-d privileges pertaining thereto, and we shall never be satisfied until we have one of our rep- resentatives a member of the Government "on the

LONDON. Emgland: Although we have a. lot o! history behind us, it ls a lamentable fact. that many of us - perhaps most — are very apt- to forget. it. Or even if we don't forget. ll, we take it very much for granted. Perhaps life ta- day is complicated enough without. bothering about. what. happened a hundred or a thousand years ago.

‘Thus, October 21st. ls one of the big days ln our history. but. it. ls more than likely that. the people who remember it. are out-numbered by those who don't. However. Oc- tober 21st. this year got. a good deal more attention than usual. because it was the occasion of a ‘brief but. pleasantly bright. remin- der of what, things used ho be like in the good old mouths in ‘history’ in 1939, when Hitler was just a loud mouth in Berlin and bombs were just. things that went off bang in comic opera revolutions. Some of the lights o’ London shone again this October 2lst., Trafalgar Day, the day when. in 1805. Lord Nel- son led the British Navy to vic- tory over the combined Ifi-ench and Spanish fleets.

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Trafalgar Square might easily be called the centre o! London, spiritually l! not geographically, and here 1s Nelson's column, 145- feel high, with the great sailor's statue on top. The square has been half hidden behind wooden boards .. for many weeks, and all one could sec were scores of workmen busy doing something -— nobody outside had a very clear idea. what they were up to until very recently. Then the ‘secret’ came out; the old Square was to have a new look. with busts of two other famous admirals - Jelllcoe and Beatty- and fountains, coloured lights and

And on Trafalgar Day, there l: was. like a dash of lipstick on old London's austere face. After dark the fountains played wwlillst. lights flushed and changed the colour nf 1h: sparkling water, flower beds added more brilliance. and Nelson himself. atop his column. bathed all evenhig in the glpre oi a searchllght. '

price the key factor in the former, and a com- s ~ ~

bination of price and market saturation in the latter. Moderate resistance to shoes’, tires, cloth- ing, stoves and home furnishings shows up among

premium price_lines. People are generally shift iug to lower-priced goods wherever possible. Jew

elry, refrigerators, and furs appear strangely untouched by any form of resistance, as salgs

volumes continue at high levels. i w w a s-

Greater efforts are, needed to acquaint al

home owners and those interested in home con-

struction with the advantages of adequate wir

People flcckcduii their thou- sands to cc: the sort of brilliant. scene that ls so rare in England nowadays that it. comes as a spec- - lal Veal- Siftlfllglia! as we are, to got back on our feet, we have {one since learned to do without. 911011 thfnzs. accepting the doctrine ‘not austerity now will bring bee. ler Wiles in a little while. and if if. is avcholce between electricity for bright lights or for fsetmy l power. well. it has became fllmggt o. habit to turn our backs on temp_ iatlon. And if we are slow to form

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the habit. Government laws help us! or course, we aren't. blacked out by any means. We have whet. street. lightning ls considered ne- cessary, but. luxury lighting for advertisements. rior instance. ls out. That's why it. ls suah a treat- for us to see a bit a! extra bright- ness; that's why the news that the fountains are to play twice weekly alter dark, lights and all, makes such an impression.

That's why nobody felt. too big or too small to g0 out. and look at. the scene. Prom the jlast. End and the West. End came Tom, Dick and Harry, the missus and the kids; and our from Buckingham Palace cnitne the King and Queen. with a party of Royal guests from Denmark. Out like the rest. of us. to see the sights.

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Stars of the American world‘ of entertainment. have been .comlv.g and going over here in such num- bers in recent. months that a list o! their names would read ‘like a Hollywood telephone directory. Mast of them have appeared in variety shows in London and per- haps we shall see them all again next year. Some will come back- Danny Kaye for one. The season has ended now, however. and the stars arriving now will be here to make films. or else they are just. passing through.

Film actor R/obert. Taylor arrived 1908111137. but found some o! his lfmellght stolen by another fellow of the same name. For Mr. Rob- "li Tliylar o1 London had al- Yefldy made news by fatherlng quadrupletc.

Politics And The People

(Globe and Mall)

President. ‘Human, tn his one. man ca-mpalgn which returned hlin to the White House, did not depend to any great extent upon the tgdig, He went. ou. among the people, 5a“; them and was seen by them, made some hundreds of speeches to small gatherings and large. He did not overlook radio. buff he was wise 911011811 to restore the personal touch to political cunlpalgng, 1-K] we are sure the success of lils cf- for‘. will not. be lost upon the poll. ilcfli “'01'1d.. Governor Dewey was 51811"? personified. was discreet. B1001‘. made fewer peaches and more radio talks-mud he lost, the election.

Th“ tendency 111 recent. times has been fa; goverrmenf. to grow awayfrom the people. with primi- minis-Its and cabinet ministers and presidents assuming that a face in the news ffms and a dlflimbqdigfi voice over the radio will satisfy the tax-paying public. We long have

ing and the dangers and inco eniences of insuf- ficient wiring installations, says G. W. Lawrence, new president of the Canadian Electrical Monu- facturers Association. "Probably far less than five per cent of homes in Canada now supplied with electricity are adequately wired. Notwith- standing the excessivc demands currently being made on power supplies we should wire adc- quately today for electrical living tomorrow." I "I fl I

Glistening scales of the herring are provid- ing raw material for a new Norwegian industry. The thin luminous film which coats the fish scales is being processed by two new Norweg- ian firms into a pearl past-c now in high de- mand by celluloid, plastic, and bakelite indus- tries. The product is also used in the manu- facture of artists’ colors and nail polish as well as artificial pearls. A highly complicated process, the manufacture of pearl paste was a carefully guarded production secret until the last decade. German firms earlier produced the bulk of this product, importing their raw mater- ials from" Norway. Purchasers of the new Nor- wegian export item are pleosedwith its high quality. With its extremely rich herring fisheries,

Norway is in good position to ‘expand output to meet growing demand »

SILENT WORDS

More silently than the sound made by i-‘Jit- wing Of a south-turning bird, the last, leaf falls. Over the ruins of a forgotten spring The blue-jay calls.

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Forever the first prophetic sign la

made

Without, within: the heart's pulse

stumbles. slows.

Knowing the hurt inevitable, the bled ~

o That reaps the rose.

Always la mortal ewsro at the see- ~eon'e turn ‘ 0f the sheltered chord, end broken tunes. Aria orily- in the mind tile llamas still burn , 0f defeated Junel.

r-Eieanor Anette Oheffer.

thought. this an error. and Mr. Truman has proved it so. ' Every- body in the Unified States ls 1am- lllar with the ‘President's voice and features. yet. they turned out. ln millions to see the man himuelt ~ they packed the streets of Chicago and New York, for example.

We have been misslgg the per- canal touch in government, have been putting our dependence upon a cold efficiency which is oold even when it isn't. efficient. The radio ffwllli’ does not. provide that touch. does not substitute for the appearance of a public man in his actual person. Many politicians suffer from the fond delusion that voices are hushed in n million hcmes and everybody sltii about the radio receiver when the Minister of Indlgeneaus and Miscellaneous Af- fairs comes oh the air to read (badly) is. 1p‘. somebody else wrote. ff. just doesn't happen that way.

‘thesis-our it... . , . ,_ u no s will brine t... blind o; n

way that they Jksmv not“! will teed thorn in paths they have not linawll nuke alertness rim beforie aim. and ..ll'ookoll t inge straight. These lisllge will do ante than, and not tossske

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\ %€@~§*00%O0%0 Old Charlottetown i (isms w. is. s.) ' Noraisui ANNHLBSABY

It ls 173 years ago today since the raid on Charlottetown by American privateers.

After the tall of Loulsbourg Lord Rollo arrived with live hundred men ln Port la Jole (now Charlotte- town Harbour) an the 17th August 758 to trike possession of Isle Si. Joan lnow P.E.I.) for‘ the British. lie immediately commenced the erection of Fart Amherst. on the west. side of the harbour, on which he mounted some 18 cannon. The barracks for the garrison of one hundred and ninety men were in- side the Fort.

Before Captain Waller Patter- son arrived on the 30th August 1770 as Governor and Commander- ln-Chlef of the Island, the garri- son ot’ Fort Amherst had been withdrawn to Halifax and the Fort had fallen liilO decay. By 1774 Governor Patterson had dismantled the Fort. Charlotte Town was therefore without any works of de- fence or troops.

On the 17th November 1775 two American privutecrs sailed into the harbour. They were the Lynch of six guns, ten swivels and sev- cnty mcn commanded by Captain Nicholas Broughton, and the Franklin of four guns, ten swivels and sixty men. commanded by Captain John Selniau. The crews of those ships landed without op- position and plundered the Town. After drinking all the liquor oi the townspeople they could lay their hands on, they returned to their ships with all the booty they could carry, and sailed far an Am- erican part, three Government officials. Mr. Phillips Callback, the Attorney- General. who during the absence of Governor Patterson in Eng- laiirl was acting in his place: Sur- veyor Gcneriil Wrlgnl and Davin Higgins, a Naval officer. These men vvui-e brought before Genera‘ Washington at Cambridge by thi- two Captains. who were severe-h reprimanded by General Washing tan for having done the tliinlzs they should not have done, and leil undone the things they should have clone. The lhrep prisoners were re- leased with apologies and eventual- ly arrived back to tire island, after having undergone severe privations and loss. Truly this date 73 years iliZU must. have been on of excitement rind unhappiness toi- thc residents of Ciiuriolte Town.

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Au for back u the Bible one gen- eration was bemoismng the fate of its successor. And though the liu- mnn race has not climbed far, still it is not notoriously loss moral or less intelligent now than it has been in the pasta-Winnipeg Free Press.

A new per correspondent says the grea est developments in the art. of camouflage in recent years have been made by lire Russians. lle must have been abroad n long time to forget about the work of the beauty parlors in this country. -Kingston Whig-Standard.