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PAGE PUD! .--.,,-,. ,,...g,, , -,,., -,,,,,..,,,,.. ,.-g,,,,g,,,.,.,, .---..-.----.-..,,, JUNE 23, 1950 H E G U A R D I A N mt: ;g::Jt:l1e:nhis:emg:ea:lsy hi: "O 98!! I8 WIIII ohl oles B The We 1 "mu 9.”, nud ,. mu vast extra market has been established for I -

Aalhos-land as local! cuss lull Post oifln Dsputuul. osuwo Iho IDIIII Guardian Publlllllg On. lllsor and lunch: Director. J. I. luuss sue-osu nun, Inns wsisu.

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

CEABLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, JUNE ”. I950

Tho Agricultural Institute of cam?

Charlottetown is proud host to the Na- tional Convention of the Agricultural In- stitute of Canada which commences today and continues through till Friday. Al- though this is the thirtieth annual conven- tion of the Institute it is the first to be held here. The delegates have a very full programme, registration commencing today and continuing tomorrow morning at which time sections and affiliated societies will hold meetings.

The official opening tomorrow afternoon features an address to be delivered at the Prince Edward Theatre by Mr. L. E. Kirk. Chief of the Plant Industry Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the U. N. The three Maritime governments are co- operating in staging this national confer- ence and leading figures in agriculture from all the Provinces, the United Kingdom and the United States will be on hand. The bulk of the preparatory work, however, has naturally fallen the lot of the Island executive, a task they seem to have per- formed admirably.

We are most fortunate that the many distinguished agriculturists should be meet- ing in this Province, but Islanders are of a sufficiently boosting disposition to feel that the convention and its members are also the gainers by the opportunity to become acquainted with the beauty and agricul- tural wealth of this tiny but closely settled Province.

Summer Lightning

The warm weather is the principal time for thunder storms here, and prudent house- holders provide a measure of protection to their property by means of lightning rods. The possibility of resulting fire is a greater hazard in the country than town, both be- cause isolated dwellings are more likely to be struck, and because of the lack of fire fighting apparatus.

Although the causes are not yet well un- derstood it has long been known that the atmosphere is in a state of electrification, as was shown by Benjamin Franklin and his kite. It is generally positively electri- fied during fine weather and negatively in wet weather. The difference in potential in- creases with the height and at nine feet from the ground varies between 200 and 400 volts. Lightning may flash from a cloud to the ground, from the ground to a cloud, or between two clouds. These flashes may be accompanied by balls of fire of varied size, from that of a pea to about a foot in diameter which sometimes explode with great force. Little seems to be known about this very common phenomenon.

An explanation of the protection pro- vided by lightning rods is that the electric potential is carried along the conductor which terminates in a sharp point. It would seem that the energy can pass gradually into the atmosphere from such a point and prevent a heavy charge from building up.

calling All Sheep Breeders

Sheep breeding was once a major source of farm income in this Province. Current trends would indicate that it might profit- ably be revived, at least on a much larger scale than at present. Sheep production in Canada and the United States, in spite of high prices, is now only about 60 per cent of what it was before the war. There should be no need to worry about floor prices for lamb or wool while this shortage continues.

The decline in North America is in con- trast with conditions in the other major sheep-producing areas of the world. After a war-time upset, the others have all either regained their pre-war production or are well on their way. In Australia, for in- stance, the sheep population from 1936 to 1940 averaged 121,571,000. It is now 1-15,- 000,000. South America now has a sheep population of 115,400,000 as against a 1936- 40 average of 100,900,000. But in North America, the present total is only 38,200,- 000 as against 59,700,000 in 1936-40.

As at the first of last December, Can- ada's sheep population was 1,235,100 as against a 1936-40 average of 2,662,500. Heavy exports of Canadian breeding stock early this year would indicate a still further reduction for 1950.

The world sheep population figures have been assembled by the United States De- partment of Agriculture publication "For- eignCropssndMsrlsets,"isnieofAprll24. 1950. In addition to showing the reduction in Canadian and United sum shesp popula-

itionih sbsolutotenns. tbopubilcsdon also ;, compares it with the human populstion.

lamb, mutton and wool but the supply of raw materials to satisfy that market has been steadily diminishing. '

In the 1936-40 period, the United States had one sheep for every 2.5 humans and .Canada had one for every 4.1. But in 1949, the ratio stood at one to 4.6 in the United States and only one to 10 in Can- ads."

If encouragement were needed for high- er production, surely this great additional market should afford it.

EDITORIAL NOT ES

There is the prospect of a Charlottetown- Halifax bus service soon, if satisfactory ar- rangements can be made with the North- umberland Ferries Ltd. '

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The next big shindy here will be in con- nection with the visit of the scientific farm- ing outfit, who are the "Upper House" of the dirt farmers, of which Premier Jones

professes to be the leader. I

Today the double train service to and from Tormentine gets under way. The Is- land is that much easier to reach or to leave, but at this time of year, at least,

the danger of an exodus is decidedly remote. O O O

Fredericton is bulging at the seams as is Charlottetown. With the New Brunswick capitalls particular confluence is due to the

annual district assembly of Rotary.

Bank clearings are higher than for the first five months of last year, indicating that, whatever individuals may think of business conditions, the pace of economic

activity continues to increase. I I 0

George Morland, English painter, born this date 1763. He produced upwards of 4,000 works, many of which have been en- graved, including ”Inside of a Stable", "Blind Manls Buff", "The Gypsies", etc. A number of his pictures are hung in the Na-

tional Gallery, London.

”Thank you for nothing" is the response of Queen's County to the Federal Govern- ment in connection with the Supplementary Estimates brought down Friday. King's County has been well looked after, while

Prince has a slight "payment on account." 0 O O

A 4,000 year old clay tablet is one of the recent discoveries in Iraq which throws light on early civilization. The incompletely de- ciphered document carries the advice of a farmer to his son on what and when and how to plant, the oldest agricultural bulle- tin known to man. i I

Newspaper men as a class are retiring. and non-self-advertising. This was par- ticularly noticeable at the enjoyable C.P. get-together at Dalvay Friday, provided by Northumberland Ferries Ltd. Newspapers are so busy blowing other people's horns, that they have no inclination or desire to blow their own. I Minister of Agriculture Baker sounded a plaintive warning last week when he noted that the Government is expected to finance anything that is advanced as an improvement. Politicians, unfortunately, 'have not been slow to stimulate just that

dependence on the state. 0 O D

It is estimated that imports to Canada this year of tubes and steel strip will ex- ceed 37,000,000 in value, Mr. M. G. Stewart, chairman of a U. K. firm said recently. This firm has also fulfilled an order valued at 3750.000 comprising 78 miles of pipe requir- ed for a 10-in. diameter pipeline to be built from Gretna, Manitoba, to the new refinery under construction at Winnipeg. The order was the direct result of a personal visit to Canada last November by a director of the firm.

Meat prices are the cause of concern to every consumer, says the Ottawa Jour- nal, and there does not appear any re- lief in sight. Not only have the better cuts of beef advanced to a point where thelbest steaks are at or very near a dollar a pound but there is practically no such thing as a cheap out today. And the demand is such that other meats-I-pork, veal and poultry meats-have climbed to new price heights through sheer pressure of buying. There are several reasons, all of them somewhat involved. Basic is the fact that, following the high-producing war years, many farm- ers let down on production due to uncer- tainty about future markets and the feel- ing, general at the time, that the wartime demand for food would not continue. Then the U. 8. market was opened to our beef and the market there appears insatiable, wlthypricss continually climbing. The net result is that Canadians are practically com- polled to pay U. 8. prices even for home-pno-

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This column I! open to the discussion by .--urospondents of questions it tnferest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

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IMPRO VED EASTERN RURAL SERVICE

Sir.-In your press report of the King's Cour.-ty Federation of Agri- culture meeting held last Friday. you state that "the meeting also asked that the Prince Edward Is- land Government explain why the proposal of the C.N.R. this spring regarding transportation was not put into operation."

As chairman of the committee which drafted those resolutions, I would like to clarify this point. It was not the intent or request to ask why the recent c.N.R trans- portation proposal was not put in- to operation. Rather it was the feeling of the committee and is the general feeling in the outlying districts of King's County. that there should be some definite so- tlon taken to improve rural mail and passenger servicus if at all possible.

We have no detailed information as to what was actually proposed by the C.N. R. or whether such a prcposal would be to the advant- age of our rural people or not. The intnn-tion of the resolution was to ask that the people of the Province be enlightened on the whole matter and given a chance to discuss it before any definite decisions are made. If the matter is still under negotiation and there is no information to release at the present time, I feel our farm people will be satisfied, providing the proposed limiprovtvments are in the best interests of all and that some definite action will be taken in the not too distant future.

I am. Sir. et.c.. ALEXANDER HAIVIIILTON. New Perth. P. E. I.

BELMONT AVE. NEGLECTED

Sir.-I note by your report. June 13. of the City Council meeting that motions were passed with regard to the laying of concrete sidewalks. and I would take from the report that most of those side- walks with the exception of one are bclng laid in the Brighton area. Is it not time that the other sections of Ward Five were given at least a little consideration?

Of course. we have no Coun- elllors in the other sections to represent us. as should be the case. All our Councillors In Ward Five are Brighton residents. so therefore Brighton district gets all the breaks and preference. But if I remember rightly all the Elec- tion Cards read "Ward Five". which means that all of Ward Fivc. not some of it. would get equal treatment. I do not think they are getting this. I am a re- sldcnt of Belmont Avenue and we have a street which is lmpasslble in Spring and Fall.-mud to the topboots. Ask the women on this street about it. We have no sidewalk of any kind. We have twn street lights which are not nearly sufflclcnt I-tn provide do- ccnt lighting facilities.

Crowds of people use this street after the Night Races each Sat- urday nlght, and there will be someone caught by a car and hurt by this poor lighting yet. Then perhaps something will be done when it is too late. We are also handicapped in mail deliveries be- cause there is no sidewlilk for the mailman.

The City Council knows these conditions. Is it not time that something was done to remedy them? Of course the City expects the reslden of this street to pay their taxes. but the residents are asking what for. when they receive so little in return for what they pay.

Hoping the Councillors who rep- resent Ward Five will get busy and check conditions on this

street at once. I am, Sir. etc. CHARLES E. WORTH. Resident

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tAnd f' is. I.) g -I SOUTHPOBT IN 1855 "We have observed for some time a gradual increase in the

number of buildings on the side of the Harbour opposite Charlotte- town. and being desirous of ascer- taining the extent of the improve- ments, we availed ourselves of the polite offer of John Roach Bourke, E.sq.. and were steamed across on Thursday last, very much to our satisfaction as far as the boat and all belonging to her were concern- ed. Wc enter our protest. however. against the landing places. On this side, particularly, instead of the presenl.slip,the approach to which IS at all times awkward, there should be a floating inclined plane. level with the deck of the boat at all times of tide, so that horses and vehicles could be driven on it every trip without the riders or drivers dismounting. The water in front of some other street should be used for this purpose; that of Cumberland Street is directly op- posite to the new wharf building on the other side, and would en- able the boat to make a greater number of trips in the course of the day.

”But of this hereafter. At pre- sent our businsss is with the iris- ing village. and we confess we were not a little surprised at the style and magnitude of the build- ings erecteti within the last year or two. as well as those in pro- gres. Messrs. Beer have a store that would appear respectable in any street in Charlottetown. Mr. Mulch is finishing a building in- tended for a dwelling house and store. in a style which docs him credit, and is fully equal to any- thing on this side of the water. Mr. George Moore has nearly completed one, intended for a re- tail shop and boarding house, and when we say that our friend Wil- liamg McKay is there. with plaster cornices and centre pieces, we give a sufficient idea of the style in which they do things there.

"There is an extensive black- smith's shop, and Randall has a tannery on a very respectable scale. The never falling Licensed to sell spirituous liquors' tavern is there also, but as a seioif to this, there is to be a Church erected in the course of the Autumn.

"Here, then. are all the requis- ites of a Town,and the site chosen for it is an excellent one, having a gentle descent, and standing so high, that if it be not thoroughly drained. it will be the fault of the inhabitants. It is well worth the trip to have a view of Charlotte- town and the surrounding scenery as well as that in the immediate vicinity.

"Rosebank has been celebrated for.its natural beauty ever since we first saw it. now upwards oz thirty years since, and that beauty has been much heightened since then by judicious management. We- were delighted with Glen Stewart, and everything about it. We feel very certain, that a very short time will have to elapse, be- fore there will be a considerable number of country villa residen- ces. or rather small 'fermcs or- iiees' in the neighborhood, every hundred or two yards.

"We hsvo hitherto abstained from giving our embryo town a distinctive appellation, snd this because it seems there is some difference about what is or is to be its name. The proprietor of the land, snd of course the found- er of the town or village, hss giv- en it the classic appellation of Strstford; those who intend to be, in time. the oldest inhsbitsnts', have designated it Southport. Now. of these two, we incline to the first. I-fsd Chsrlottstown been csllod Northport, we should hsvs willingly acquiesced in designs!- ing the other Southport. but ss it Is. we think it sn unneceusry dis- tinctlon. there being no port or hsven host the locality.

"We should like to know what the native Indians call the pretty little creek around which they used to be so fond of camping. If at all euphonlous. it might be s more

wml "19 MONMII "I0! Wm appropriate name thsn lther Strat- show ltbysolf meI'dfIl- ford or Bouthport. sea 1 that it is ' ' f of "” pool nor port.

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By whst name. however. it may be called, we wish it well, and trust that it is but the nucleus of what it is eminently htted to be: s neat little town. with an extens- lvo subsurb of ormrnontsl forms. We do not think-however others may-that it will equsl. nsy. ex- cel Charlottetown. Ws would not

Notes From H Another Island

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LONDON. England:-The editor of one of influential daily news- papers. who is now in Canada for the Imperial Press Conference, has been improving lhe shining hour by acting as a sort of spec- ial correspondent for his paper. lie has been keeping his eyes and ears ODEII. and ES 8 COIISEQUEDCP has been able to have something to say to his readers back home about what Canadians are current- ly thinking about us.

As individuals we are apt to be rather conservalive in our out- look. with a great respect for con- vention. but as a nation it is per- haps one of our faults that we are lncllned to be happily oblivious to other nations' opinions of us. Even if we are told. what we hear rare- ly seems to have much lasting effect; we might feel momentarily annoyed. surprised, pleased. flat- tered. insulted- according to the opinions expressed about us-but then we metaphorically shrug our

By "Anson"

shoulders and think of some- thing clse. I O I Whilst that attitude has not

very much to commend it. I don't suppose if has bcen responsible for any major tragedies in the world's history: it didn't seem in matter very much when nations were content to keep themselves to themselves. Nnwadnys however. the world seems a much smaller place. thanks to speedier travel and a greater knowledge nf people in other lands. It is more than ever necessary for one nation to get along amicably with others. and more than ever important for us all to heed what others think of us.

If we do that. we can see whethcr others have not the right ideas about us. and this is especially necessary us far as we in England are concerned. for we have never been very publicity minded as a nation. which makes it too easy for other peoples to get the wrong impression.

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For example, the editor of whom I spoke earlier seems to have found that Canadians -- not all. perhaps. but some, and even one is important-have the impression that we do not work hard enough. that we take too much time off for such events as the Grand National and the Boat Race. These two occasions were quoted as examples of the way in which millions of us idle away our time instead of helping to get our- selves back on our feet. When I read about this. it oc- curred io me that perhaps even I had helped to create the Impres- sion. for the question of sports of one kind or another crops up quite frequently in this column. Well. I think it has to. for it is our habit to attach a great deal of importance to our sporting oc- casions. But that does not mean that we do nothing but play games. We work hard enough. but that Is routine. It is much more to be commented upon when a man doesn't work thnn when he does. And the chap who goes to his "local" for is pint in the even- ins and talks about the work he has done that day is thought to be II bit of a bore. The Air Force had a name for it. I remember. and many an airman who talked shop off duty was told (more or less politely) to "shut the hangar dooi-s”l

o o , Make no mistake. to lot of work is done over here. Production fig- ures increne. and increase again: the export drive only f

.9 example of the

.. sistsnoe to the universities are to be fbund in grants for research 'purposas, for medicsl education. and beyond all others, the enor- imously successful DVA schema of educstionsl grants. The value of such investment of federal funds in the development of iklll and knowledge is incslcuisble. in flat.

positions. One of the best means to aid the universities is through s liberal scheme of scholarships. -Toronto Globe and Mail.

on May 25 all papers, In Bus- sis. by order of the Soviet gov- ernment. carried this comment on the Winnipeg Flood: According to reports from United states correspondents. over 100,000 per- sons who have suffered from the floods in Canada are left without any kind of assistance from the authorities. The Csnadlsn gov- ernment, and also the govern- mom of the United States snd Great. Britain, have so far contented themselves with pressions of sympathy for victims of the flood. This is an censored news given the Russian people. No one the report is an insulting csrlcs-l in Winnipeg needs to be told thstl ture of what has happened. Every word of the statement is untrue. -Winnipeg Free Press.

so much not only be- have more people at also because the level also in-

creasing. C3115? IV? work but of output per man has creased. That is important. There is is great difference between more of us producing more. and each of us producing more. . . . A vast number of people now- adays work only five days In a week. But the hours they put Info five days are usually little less. if any, than they formerly put into five and a half. And again. the experts have discovered most people work harder for Ilve days than they do for five and a half. in any case. some mem- bers of the community have found that A five-day week is not an un- mlxcd hlvsslng. One body of men -I think they were dustmen (should I say garbage collectors?) -fried ii. in one town. and soon requested that they be allowed to work Saturday mornings again. They complained that when they stayed in home they were given too much work to do-by their wives! So it's plain to see. the British working man earns his day at the races. Even if the Government lets up once in a while, the missus Rots after him. The poor chap

admin for government as-

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lbw Isms any themselves resl. ly wall nowsdsys. There is no swing to their arms, which hang loosely by their sides, and men, is s tendency to slouch or to shuf. fls along. There is often a lack or brisknsss In their walk. Young people are inclined to think that to carry s cone is evidence of old sgo. but even young people would

one of the chief beneficisries of a bgngm by an -vpom" that 1, strong university system is the '1". mg on-pm, 4., Thoma! federal government itself. Many -1-gmg..Joum.), -

of its functions require highly de-

veloped intelligence. and it is '11.. an Enukhobon ncmu, drawing increasingly on univcr- (gum guilty will serve about 900 sity-trained talent for executive mgppyggfg 1;, km A; the 1949 rate

of 31,374.71 to keep a man im. prisonsd for one year. that wouig entail I cost to the taxpayer.-. 0; more than Il.2oo.0tl0. The prob. fern, therefore,' is only half met by periodically imprisoning wrong. doers among the fanatical scct some more permanent solution must be found.. The light of educa. tion must be sent into the back. ward communities and the rising generation saved from a Tepntj. tion of the elders' misguided per. formsnccs. only thus can this festering spot of medlevalism 1; our progressive land he eradica-. ed. The basic problem cannot in insurmountabla- Victoria T:nu-3

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The soil is quick with dust of mm Who will not walk the earth ag.i.n,

Eadh handful that is downward cast Is psrticled of lives long past.

one cannot grasp the

sands But centuries sift through nu hands.

shifting

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children dip upon the shore dust of sane progenitor.

The man who spades a virgin soil Dlsturbs cohesion with his tell.

The plough's bright blade bites straight and sure Oommlnglcs dust of rich and poor

In what fs.r kingdom do they dwell The dead) who loved the earth so we

Whose dust iabiow-n on mt-,-

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, breeu Toidim the chlorophyll of trees? To what for kingdom have they

dust we we!

backs a loser either way!

-Arthur S. Rmirlnnt.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Dr. A. L. Moclsooc

DENTIST Dental K-Ely

GLORIA BUILDING 119 Grafton St.

Phone 291

Motheson 8: Puke A. W. MATIIIBON, IO.

Palmer 8: Hosloln A. J. IIASLAM. B.A., l.s.B. Barrister, Ito.

Bank of Nova sooth Ubsssbsto Charlottetown P..B.l. MONEY T0 LOAN

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Money to Loan 3;, ”.'"'"""' 'i.'.:'.':.:i...”.?.'.'.':T'”"' ”"" w-3;;-;'w;;;fIT0s lssurn Tn-t. tiulldisu ousnwsrauiws John P. NICIIOISOII. Phone '71! LLB. ..................----j--" Isssuss-ran. souan-on, Joseph R. MucMIIIuIIo "A 'LL 3 W M060 Sta GIN" ssnusnzs, soniorion, ass. PHONE 3030 1! Queen treat he, most no line: to loan causation

cause hard work makes it succeed. and not the least of our good points is that we are prepared to see so much of our manufactured goods going overseas whilst we ourselves csrry on with only small and very gradual relaxations of austerity. This column is no plsce to quote figures: in any case. I think it is possible to prove almost anything with fig- ures. but out of a United Na- tions Economic Commission's re- port. issued vsry recently. one fact is worth mentioning. This is the fact that our industrial out- put has incressed. and is in-

mention this, except to quiet the apprehensions of some of our more timid townsfolk. who sro rather jealous of seeing a rival rising op- posite. and are fearful of the con- sequences." l

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