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JANUARY 12,___19_49

THE GUARDIAN

Morning lmlly lFnundeil In IIIMII Auttmrlznl as Her-urn] (‘lune llull, Poul Olflco Uo-guurlmeul, Ottawa.

Th! lalilntl liuurllliln Pulrllnhlnl Co. Edltor uuil lluuuglug IIirs-r-tnr, J R llurucft. Austin-lulu liilllur, Frunlr IVuIIneI.

i"'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

L‘II.-\RL()T'I‘E’I'O\VN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1'3, 194E]

Huge Financial Reservoir

lt is sometimes said of the present genera- tion that it has lost the inclination to thrift and that not nearly so much of average earn- ings are saved as in days gone by. This criticism certainly docs not apply to life insurance, the outstanding feature today of which is the great- ' r-eased total of pemium payments. One l'l threg- now has life insurance, though <llil average less than $3,000. Nearly illicn dcllurs of new insurance was writ- in V145, with about $339,207,000 being paid prcrziiuins cgmnst an estimated $l90,000,000 pad out in n: :y benefits. The latter total sets a new record in policy benefits poid in one year, bung some 5 per cent above benefits paid in

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Tire chm: figures are from the year-end wot n.‘ Mr. W. M. Anderson, president of Leusd an Life insurance Officers Associa- who j ts cut that there are now neeriy Yien debcrs of life insurance iri force in .. c ..i, and that insurance is the iargest asset in fr: estatcs cf many Canadians at death

In explaining the investment policy followed lii life IYISIIFGHCE companies, Mr. Anderson takes cccasicn to refute the idea that such compan- ics are in a position to exercise great economic fiW-‘Cl’ in Canada. No life insurance company can exercise control over another business, be- cCUfO Canadian insurance laws limit to 30 per ccnf. the amount that any life insurance com- pany con invest in the common stock of any other company and in addition they may not ii--»c:t in one onotlrer's shares.

lri actual practice, he states, only about 3 per cent. of the funds held by Canadian life insurance companies are invested in the cori- rrion stock of other businesses. The other 97 per ccnt. of the insurance assets are invested in gazvernmcnt, municipal and other bonds and cvlt edged securities where no question of con- con prise.» Canada's yearly commercial transactions amount to upwards of SlOO billions, of which l-lr insurance transaction: ere about one per <C"I., and accumulated funds held for all (Ici- ri lcllflfl life Insurance ferm only a small part of Canada's capital values, he points out.

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Conservation

Coincident with the meetings of our Junior farmer. Federation in Cnarlottetown was the "iv-vntmn in Toronto of c; similar organization l'r the Province of Ontario. Among the rcsolu» "illli adopted by this junior body was o demand for the teaching of soil conservation in Ontario schools, a fact which is hailed with commend- utien by the Globe and Atoll. As the subject is wire of equal interest and importance to agri- fulfllllnfi in this Province, we quote the following comments from the Toronto paper:

"Evidence of the terrible toll token by ero- men has recently been provided by the Central frjicrimental Form, at Ottawa. lt was found r'<-l a slope of land in Eastern Ontario, cul- imtcd up and down, and planted with corn, lost N4 f$llS-—flOl' pounds-of topsoil per acre dur- mg one season. A similar plot, tilled properly- ilwt is, around or across the slope--lost only fw? trn: pcr acre during the same season. When ing urea, cultivated in the some mariner as planted with alfalfa, the loss was reduced

one. ton per acre. It was also found that os r or. two-thirds of the season's loss could c;cur during one heavy, prolonged rain.

Every pound of this topsoil means dollars

and rents to the former and the nation losing it. SIf-TICF or later, the fertility of mistreated Irnf cic-clnes to non-existence. ln distant

we call such areas deserts. Every pus--

viinI-r :' ' :rn:::t ought to be given to encourage m;.rs to recognize their own self-interest. ing matches should include contour plowing

contests. Demonstration farms ought to SfIOW tho remarkable economic advantage of con- servation mztiiods. Financial assistance ought

to be rnede cvalable to farmers who will under- take to rcltabilitcte run-down farms and then maintain them on a program of soil conservaton.

"What the schools might do in this effort is vnitli earnest investigation. A cry often goes up that the schsol curriculum is already over- burdened with subjects. For rural schools par- tcularly, however, there could be few subjects more important than the maintenance of the source of our life and well-being-the land. There is no little argument for it in city schools, as well. Urban children should not be ignorant of the basis of most of the national economy, end of the principles beneath the sustained yicld of foodstuffs. lt is deplorable that a new cnd expensive biology textbook recently intro- duced into the secondary schools no more than mentions this important matter."

Plans And Planners

lt seems that each passing month, under Lc-bour Party government, the British people are becoming more keenly aware of the inadequacy of plans and planners. An outburst of newspaper criticism has followed the official admission that the plans of the Government for much greater production in I948 have failed-that "twelve months of exhortotion and stern endeavor" have yielded an increased output of perhaps l per cent. This, as the Manchester Guardian points out, is a very small beginning in the 50 per cent increase which, according to the plan, is to be achieved by I958. Actually it is a smaller in- "ease than the normal annual pre-war increase

of I l-Z per cent.

Still more significant has been the resig- nation of Mr. Ivor Thomas, a former secretary. of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Colonial Under-Secretory in the Attlee Government. Last week Mr. Thomas appeared before his constit- uents of Keighley and told them why he resigned. He was reported as follows: "Thomas said he used to believe there was o profound difference between communism and socialism, but today the difference amounted only to a difference of method and time. The Labor party was like a train with an engine in front and another be- hind. The driver of the ‘front engine would like to slow down but he could not because he was pushed from the back by ‘fellow travellers’ who had jumped on in I945 when the Labor party won the general election."

f EDITORIAL NOT ES 1'

The by-electien in the city's word 3 vacan- cy has been fixed for Thursday 27th. inst. with ncminafion day the previous Thursday. Evident- ly it is to be contested and not a walk over.

"The maxim about better mousetrops seems also to apply to seed potatoes from the interest which Scottish farmers arr. reported to be lak- ing in potato production methods of the lsland.

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Zion Men's Brorhcrheod have got ahead of competitors in sponsoring the Burris Concert on Tuesday 25th. The time was, and not so long ago, when this popular concert was given two days in succession to overflowing audiences. But then the Calcdonian Club featured them.

Judging by President Truman's budget, we ore still a long way off from the restoration of normalcy. lt is close upon Sl,000,000,000 big- qsr than their estimate of practically 545L000,- 000,000 and figures out to practically S300 apiece in taxation for every American citizen in the coming year. i! k A‘

What is done for an accident victim in the first five minutes usually determines the gravity of the case ‘according to a Canadian Red Cross spokesman. As accidents are six times commoner in the home then at work, there is a great field for training and the supply of first-aid kits where they are most likely to be needed -—in the kit- chen.

The City Council has decided not to inter- fere with the Federal Government's decision with ruferencc to the site for the proposed new Fed- eral Building. lt may be recalled that the site

-now decided upon is the one which Premier Jones

suggested would make an excellent market if the City Council agreed to the present Market building being sold to the Dominion.

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Though at piesent largely a drug op the American market, silver fox is coming into its awn again in Europe, the Hudson's Bay Company reporting that at their Monday's sales silver fcx offering met with a ready response’ from ccntiiicntel buyers. It is in Europe and southern South America that the silver fox has always been most appreciated for its beauty and dressi- ness.

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The Board of Transport Commissioners‘ meeting was for the special purpose of prepar- ing to review the previous grant of a Zl per cent rote increase and an additional Zl per cent in- crease in freight rates. lt has still to review the general rate structure and it is there that it \~Ill probably run into difficulties with the three- nian Royal Commission enquiring into economic policy.

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Seating arrangements in legislatures do not at first appear to involve important constitu- tioncil considerations, but it seems to follow that when the practice of seating Government and Opposition directly opposite one another is abandoned for some sort of circular arrange- ment, the stage is set for the emergence of all sorts of graduations between parties in place of the orthodox two-party division.

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"Mention of a minstrel show," says a writer in the Financial Past, "reminds us of an hour we spent swapping happy experiences with the late James L. Ralston, then a Minister of the Crown. H: confessed that one of the highlights of ltis rife was being an end man in a black-face min- slrel show. He said that as a youth he had a secret ambition f: go on the stage instead of taking up law."

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According to a report of a two year British medical survey appearing in the Lancet, it is harder to spread colds from one person to an- other than is commonly believed. Although the infection is often spread by people suffering from colds or carrying the inactive cold virus, in mere cases healthy people carry the virus ready to give them coughs and sneeze: when their resis- tance‘ has been lowered.

w .. ln spite of the major problems that con- tinue to demand the attention of an alI-but-dis- tiessed Mother England, she has still time to concern herself with the little, important mat- ters that keep her family running smoothly. The Daily Mail reports that the Variety Artistes’ Federation is making a protest to the Home Sec- retary against the low which prevents tho imi- tation of bird calls on the stage on Sundays, but allows funny stories, provided the artist does not wear a hat. i‘ R l’

Edmund Burke, British statesman, writer and orator, born this date I729. He was the greatest orator and thinker of the Whigs, and lii-i speeches were not merely weapons for the moment, but permanent treasures of political wisdom: "The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act with- out deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it is al- ways right The greatest inquest of the

nation is the House of Commons."

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( PUBLIC FORUM

Th1: column to open to the dloeusllon by correspondent: of question: of lntereot. The " Guardian doe: not neonat- Ily endorse the oplnlon of correspondent;

kdOO-QWOOOOOQ CARTOONS THAT COUNT

Slr,——\\'e thoroughly appreelated your cartoon on "Ice Safety" which appeared in The Guardian one day this week. It was partleularly well done and I feel sure wlll do more t0 promote safety in this Ilne than uiiy number of written articles. ‘l‘lic erirtoariistis cut iilwuys delights llIt. uiul iii this particular sketch llf‘ uppr-urs lu liuvn caught. llie liigh spirits of llie approaching skaters. Personally I derive a great deal of pleasure from the dolly cartoons in Tlur Guuriliun. It is the first. thing I look it ouch morningms I viireri the paper. l llPHl‘ many com- ]‘llIll(‘lll(ll‘_\‘ remarks regarding this fvriiur-r- in The Guardian and here nf III-d Cross we all appreciate the furl that from time to time you izive ]\lIlll|\‘ll_\' to our varied activi- ties. I um seirliug a copy of the lvb Safety cartoon to our NI- tieiiul Director, Dr. llurvcyv Doney. luirniiiir, us lie is always particular- l_v iiiiri-vstrrcl iii this type of pub- lii-it}. I um. Sir. etc. l-IVEllyYN M. CIIDMORE. (Mrs. llnrry Cudmorel

llIl'l‘\‘lI>l'. First Aiil. Swimming and \\'.'llf‘l' Siifoty.

FRO“ .\ TRAIN AT NIGHT

Between dark lIlllS the pounding frzuu beats by little villages street lamps Burn likr- i-Iustcrecl fireflies and axe 1o

The whose faithful

st.

On darkened farms no sleeper- hears the cry

Of the engine. mouruful as n lonely hound.

Rushing tlirouuh midlllEhl- will’! "5 freight of souls.

swiftly pale cattle flash beslde the truck.

And (Ilfl; flaws upward from the flying around liitn the spurt of trees. light

Far on n lslnvk liIII marks a we’!- MIMI familiause, ,

And Its steady yellow speaks 0f 1m! or death.

Of man who sets his spark 888m“ vast. night.

—I~‘rances Frost ‘m the Montreal Gazette.

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Old Charlottetown (And P. I. L)

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PISCATORIAI. SI MBOL

lii figure Prince blihivard Islzmrl is not unlikr- the form of a earl» fish. lu Iran-ing: this resemblance. lioaln nl Ilin snout or East Point. and truce Its open mouth, the Icuer jaw dropping to south, which i-xjicisns ii cavity of half a dozen buys. in the f‘l‘llIl'f‘ of which George- town npjinzirs like a tongue flint shakes its ever‘ open invitation: to the fisliermnnKs efforts and skill. There might he teeth found about here too. in bear out. the simile, mflI n considerable swallow of its own? hut that would be suggestive of jzvovrliui-ss, niul ‘taking lu' too mur-li, which must not be sold 0f Grnruolrivvu.

Tho gullei of this piseatorlal sym- bol is the Grroi'::elo\vr\ road. which extends lo Its boar! or centre of rviniiierciril viI:ilil_v. Hlllsborouizh fiuy lies in the region of the gills, nnrl contains the administrative breathing apparatus of the Island. From Clinrliittelrnvii the Prlneetown ronrl extends, like n well-ribbed lllibllllfillf‘, Io certain caudal ex- ll'Il'lllll(‘S, nL the North uncl West (fnirrrs.

Rumiiiii: riloua llll‘ north shore. Point (Ies lint-hos rind Cape Turner farm vary good first and second rlcrsul fins; uurl along: the south shore, Ciipr- Iilumoul, us the nnnl fiii. iiuil (fnpe ‘traversi- the ventral. (‘ItI’l]|rll‘lf‘ Ibo configuration.

— From "'l‘lir~ Prouross and Pros- |rf(‘lS of Print-c lirluwiirrl Island, r-Icx. ISGI. by C. Birch Bugster.

Calendar Reform

fOlluwa Journali

Th0 World Calendar Assoclatlon, \\l1lCll llns its headquarters lii Now Yo: . and which for years ‘.135 cantor". on rm netlve campaign for nn improverf calendar, Is tu- icnsIfyin-z Its efforts because a logical umr: for introducing i-hls reform would be‘ January 1, 1961. VPlIlClI frills on o. Monday.

There is to be on Inter-Ameri- mn Economic Congress In Buenos Afro: In March. and the Assorte- IIOII tropes- the delegates will pass n resolution approving of this change In the calendar and urg- Ing that. through the Eeonomte and Soelal Councll of United No.- tions It. be made effeetlve through- out the whole world at. the end of 1050. To that end the Associa- ilon has engaged "speclallsu In international publlelly and pubIIo relations" who will concentrate their Immediate campaign In the south Amertcan countrles.

The faults of the old calendar are especfally obvious to all bust- ness houses because Its irregularl- lles complicate the keeping of ex- nci. comparative records. The prac- tical advantages of tho proposed “Ofld Calendar are equally ob~ vious. It. continues the dtvtalon of the year Into I2 months. Each quarter Is made up of one month with III clays and two following months each of 30 days. Each quarter begins wlth a Sunday, ends ulih a Saturday, and contains 13

THE Youiie FOLKS RETURN WITH A FRESH OUTLOOK-

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. g j _ --. . —AFTER A PLEASANT, WELL-SPENT WEEK oF AcfivifieS ARRANGED av THE JUNIOR FARMERS FEDERATION,

luckier 1n preserving Its serving

Timber [Tom Old shlpsl table made of timber from the T“ ' . _ Golden Hind. Drake's shIp was ‘By bu?!“ Rodney l“ "'9 Pom lmd up at Deptford for many

of London Monthly.)

The breaking up of two famous old vessels, HMS Worcester and lue truziiiiig ship Cornwall, both in the ‘Ilinmes for many ye‘ s. is expected to yield a good supply, of iimbsr for building purposes.’ The Worcester was one of the. a whys and chmr bum from flu." “wooden \vzills"_\\'liose construc- be“ 52m.“ m“ of the wrecked ilou robbed English forests of most. Lmme‘ a ship mum. known m; “l m” “k "N5 “hue the 0min‘ her bell lll me some building. Ln- ‘mll ‘m5 “mm of leak‘ H110 timber was also OiIIDIOyEd to Sliipbreakiiig was for long anllksyflon me iuksyaud which Iraporinm industry on the river-jmoyd-S “resented m Kmg George " especially “'1‘°" "wmflenl v to celebrate his Silver Jubilee w. ls" gave way lo irouclads. The m 1935 A suite o; mmjjum 1n Castle family scrapped over come whim Home M washjngjon l-hfm-‘mld ships °n m“, Thames’ came from the Resolute, broken stiuiing u-Ith the "Fighting Tem- u“ an“ 1m. memory from ‘he ei-nlre" In 1838. The recovered‘ he’ during a Sear“ for Frankj-m, timbers found many uses and stlli h“ n“ Americm, vessey

511110“ l“ me 51mm of gardenl ‘Ship Lmbers have also provid- fumillll‘ and flfflngs‘ ezt the CISKOIS in which scrolls of Although much of this ninterinlyfrmdon, ha", been awarded by uns sold to building contract/firs.‘“iflropohhm Borougjm when m, In be ‘worked lllIO shops, houses‘ naming s-nip Arethusa w” $6.1m- and business jiremlsrs in Louclonwped m, me qyhmnes. a (cw yew-s very little of If remains at. the before me wan the fyegdgm of present. time. It is still possllilejcreenwjcl.‘ was mcjmed in 03km

years, roofed over for protection from the weather; a‘ lot of her material ‘was eventually made into furniture. Oxford University re- crived n gift chair made from liei" timbers.

The library at, Lloyd's contains

to trace timbers from historlcwnskeys nmde "Om hm. hull‘ meu-of-oar in old buildings. or‘ Few people are aware ma; “.31. a few “cued i" Tum“ “be son. at rrst In St. Paul's, Iles In

within recent years; but fires and y a Com“ made {mm me flagship

Wat's have demolished the bulk 011M ms enemp n hm a curious 9mm , , , , history. w-hen LDI-ient. blew up No\\' and again nautical COIIIII- M the Nile _ the Yelcvflnt poem

buttons to London dwellings come is» tight, by ohnuce. Dr. JOhIIsOIYS famous house III Gouizli Square had a narrow escape from bombs during the war, damage being eon- fiziea to the garter. xvhere his Dictionary was compiled. It. was while an. damage was being in- spected tlrnl. the mast. of u rlilj) “as discovered beuenili the floor. altliouilh its origin l5 Iiukncvwn.

Mr lauds were responsible for the disappearance of several sblp relies. two of tliem made from rim-bets o‘ Nelsons Victory. One was a snuffbox which was destroy- ea when Ilie Company of Pnrlsli Clerks lost their Iinll off Wood street. The other was the pedes-

employed for Its intended purpose

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_ ' The Age-Old Story i petltlon of diners at. Simpson's i, 9

rcstaurntit. In Cheapsirle, another muQuQ-Qsggqunjccqqofoitcnbfifintim victim of the Luftwaffe. ._, \.AiiAL‘\' ‘The Middle Temple Ilnll Why are thou cast down. 0 my -suul. and why are thou dinlllllflfll month wlfhln mo? llope thou In Grid; for I shall yet praise Illm. who is lllc lii-aim of my countenance.

and my God.

about, young: Casnblaiicifs heroism its well lrurvwn her malnmnsr. was recovered by H. M. S. Swift- surc.

Captain Ilallovvell of that ves- 5g] had n. coffin built. from It and sent It. to Nelson Wllfl the sug- gtcstiou Ihnh it. might prove a ILL- img (snclf/HIYP for his remains It‘. due course. Nelson. not aL all put» cut. Ill. t-Iie gift, slowed ii In his cabin while at sen. Inter on l5 was kept. In a London furniture store. Finally. on the death of our iznvnl hero, It was collected and

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weeks or 91 days; each has 26 \\ eekdays — January. April, July and October Iiuve five Sun- days. the others four one-Ii.