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limos roux THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as second CIIIJ Mall Post office Depu-tmenl. Ottawa. Tho Island Guardian Publishing Co.

President and Assocish Editor. In A llurnoll. Associate Editor. Print Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"Tho Strongest Memory :5 Weeks: lhon tho Weakest Ink".

CllARIA)TTETOIVN.

'rur:so.n', APRIL 22. me -

Financing Security

In his budget speech Mr. Abbott com- mented on Federal responsibility towards old age payments. These pensions do not form a charge upon the budget. The taxes which provide them are paid into a separ- ate fund, the old age security fund. For 1052-53 thcsc pension payments will cost 3322 millions. The fund is financed by three taxes: a two per cent sales tax, a two per cent personal income tax, a two per cent corporation income tax. Beginning July 1 there will be a deduction of one per cent on taxable income, with a maximum tax of S30, for old age security. Starting with January of next year the full deduc- tion of two per cent will be made, with the maximum tax being S60. These are com- pulsory tax payments. The Government acted wisely in establishing a separate fund for pensions. Otherwise there would be a tendency to dip into the Federal treasury to finance the fund's deficits. The fund must pay its own way.

The Winnipeg Free Press suggests that the Government might go still further in making clear to every taxpayer that he will be paying for his own,pension. The pre- sent plan is that there will be no place for the new tax on the income tax form which shows the deductions at source. "Would it not be advisable," says our Winnipeg con- temporary, "that every taxpayer should be reminded, by a tax deduction from each salary, that he is not being given a pension at no cost to himself?

"Parliament, probably reflecting the wishes of most Canadians. has approved of universal old age pensions on a compulsory and contributory basis. They form anoth- er instalment of the social security system which Canada has built in the past few years. But the social conscience cannot without risk of injury to social reform it- self run ahead of the ability of the com- munity and the taxpayer to meet these new charges. As a constant reminder that ev- ery social service has its price and that old age pensions are not a gift, the Govern- ment might consider showing the two per cent tax for pensions among the taxpayer's money deducted at the source."

commission or The Pom

The post of Justice of the Peace has an ancient history. In 1360 Edward III v,eSt' ed a criminal jurisdiction in the old Con- servators of the Peace and gave them their present name. The criminal work of the Justices of the Peace declined. with .the practice of remitting more serious crimes to be heard at the assizes and with the appointment of professionals to their ranks. known as Stipendiary Magistrates. All J.P.'s are magistrates but generally receive no stipends. Two or more generally act.

In the absence of other local atthorities they may exercise wide administrative--pow ers, maintaining bridges, highways and Pubs lic buildings, granting licences, appointing localofficials and controlling local finance. In England the responsibility for licencing places for the sale of intoxicating liquors has been made the responsibility of the Justices of the Peace. .

At the present time in this Province the only duty commonly P9Yf0l'm9d 173' the non-professional appointees seems to be the witnessing of documents.

A Fisheries Manual

Une of the best publicity organizations at Ottawa is that of the Information and Educational Service of the Department of Fisheries. From time to time this Service releases factual statements about the in- dustry which are exceptionally well pre- pared, and it has now issued a manual of such sheets, containing complete back- ground information on all our commercial fisheries.

The compiling of the manual for the first time represents a great deal of re- search work over many months and it is still not complete; additional sheets will be published from time to time and can be in- in the loose-leaf binding. The includes a page of illustrations feat- lobster fishing in Prince Edward Is-

thora are also special pages de- ” to the fisheries of each Province. imp mpnusl notes that the marketed ' ggimn products in Prince Ed- II from three to our million , W,

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ure. Capital investment in the primary op- erations in catching and landing the fish amounts to about S2,000,000 while some 4,- 000 persons are employed in the fisheries, of which about 1,000 are engaged in the processing plants. It is also noted that this Province is the main producer of Irish Moss in the Atlantic Provinces, some 3,- 000,000 pounds of this product being har- vested annuallyu No reference is made to dragger operations but this phase of the industry is still in the experimental stage in Prince Edward Island and will doubtless be dealt with in subsequent issues.

EDIIURIAI. NUI l:S

Rubber is down but steel is up, so the

new-car problem remains the same. U i 0

The electric storm we had Sunday must have been the tail-end of the excessive heat wave experienced in Ontario but which did not reach here. I O

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The "rising hopes" are taking to the air as though it were their natural habitat, and, as is the ease in Summerside, we have father and son serving together in the same service, though miles apart.

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Lindley Murray, Anglo-American gram- marian. was born this date 1745. Born in Pennsylvania, he soon settled in England and devoted himself to literature. He is best known for his "English Grammar" which was long a standard work and ap- peared in some 200 editions before 1850.

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Summerside is going ahead with its scheme to develop its hospital into one of the best in the Maritimes with a nurses' residence connected with it. The new health regulations with its increased de- mand for hospitalization and the Blue Cross organization necessitate such a forward movement.

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The Railway bus service inquiry is to be opened, Mr. W. F. Allan Stewart, chair- man of the Legislative Committee an- nounces, at Charlottetown on JullC 9th to be followed the same week with hcaringsl at Georgetown and Summerside. Mr. J. O. C. Campbell has been appointed Secretary

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Dr. E. Gordon Young. National Re- search Council, Halifax, Dr. D. B. Smith, N.R.C.. Ottawa, and Prof. A. H. Hutchin- son, L'nivcrsity of British Columbia, will attend an International Seaweed Sympos- ium at Edinburgh University, this summer. Topics discussed will include psychology, algal chemistry, harvesting technology, util- isation in industry, medicine and.agricul- ture, and world seaweed resources.

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The Federal Budget disclosed that the personal savings of Canadians last year amounted to 5S1,740,000,000 or about 3.3 per cent of the nation's savings-355,059; 000,000-from all sources. Canadians earn- ed 515,818,000,000 last year and put b641,- 000,000 of it into personal savings, boosting total personal savings to f1,7-10,000,000. In 1950, personal income totalled b13,457,000,- 000 and personal savings declined to 95860,- 000,000.from 5l?1,005,000,000 in 1949.

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That everybody is satisfied that the deepening of the St. Lawrence does not spell unimpeded progress is evident from the opinion expressed by Mr. H. E. Moore of the Precision Casting Company, Syra- cuse, N. Y., who told the Atlantic Shippers Advisory Board that the scheme would practically shut down water transportation five months in the year. The project, he said, was nothing less than "an interna- tional ice folly", and "a great St. Lawrence skating rink”, which would benefit almost exclusively Ontario and the lake district. It I"! 9

Good and much needed advice. "Young engineers just out of college are not worth their salaries," Mr. Ira P. Macnab of Hal- ifax, president of the Engineering Institute of Canada, declared in Regina. "The young men have nothing but theory when they walk into these high-salaried jobs", Mr. Maenab said in an interview. "They have no experience." He was emphatic that engin- eering was not a five-day, 9 am. to 5 p.m. job. The purpose of engineering was to serve the public. The job had to be done and office hours weren't important.

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Canadian dairymen need not be surpris- ed at the lack of enthusiasm for their pro- gramme of price support by the propagand- ists of the industrial provinces. The entire economy of these provinces was built up and is presently supported by the system of tariffs designed not for government rev- enue but as outright aids or subsidies to the industries of these Provinces. Prince Ed- ward Island as the least industrial of all the Provilices has been held down for years by artificially high prices for essential ma-

chinery sndtat the same time is expected W

to supply cheap food so that the industrial- ists may claim that workers in the central

Provinces enjoy a high standard of living.'

F'-rm: GUARDIAN. C.HARLOTTETOWN Hare And Tortoise

-and just when are

we going 1;; see Some action from

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An old friend suggested that 1 call for him early in the afternoon of the filth. and we would walk a. couple of miles to I. stream where f't.hcrc ought. to be trout". 1 did. and after an unhurrled jaunt we arrived at the designated spot. The fish which ought to have been in residence happened to be away when we called. but that did not mean that tho sftcmoon was wutm. Far from it. A lopg walk across fields and meadows is in itself I pleu- Ant and profitable experience, as- pecislly when one is in the com- pany of a. skilled nwonteur, as I certainly was on this occasion.

It is s Heaven-sent gift to be able to reminisce lntelllglbly as well as cntcrtsinfngly. when it is combin- ed with A rich memory, as in the case of my youthful eighty yer: old companion. nothing is more de- lightful to one's senses and noth- ing more profitable to one's spirit. In such circumstances. blre Boll becomes veritable hallowed ground on which one trends with rever- once.

I am glad we made the trip while the narrow dirt road leading from the pavement was still impassable by car. The pity 1: that it. takes snow and mud to release us from bondage to mechanical things.

PUBLIC FURUM

This column is open to the discussion by -.-urelpomients of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endor the opinion of cu-respondents.

STILL SSOWBOUND

Sir.-The road from Tignish to North Cape is still blocked with snow and the lobster packers who operate along that shore are un- able to get to their plants with salt. gasoline, traps and other material. Enquiry brings the in- formation that the snow plow boss of West Prince pays no attention to the reasonable requests of the interested parties of North Cape and Sea cow Pond and that the plow is now working on the Foye read. It leads one to wonder when trmps will be set on the Foyc road or how many lobster packing plants there are there and wheth- er the Boss will condmcnd to relieve us people of North Cape and Sea Cow Pond before the day for setting our lines. The situation is serious and though we know there is a remedy we say like the Indian. Try and get him.

I am. Sir, clc. NORTH CAPER Alllll iii. 19

sir.-Much can be said about women and much has been said but no wrlt.er professes to under- stand women. He closes his ac- count. with the confession that there is a good deal he hasn't. yet found out. Through the ages the capacities of women have been strangely underrated. Even in our most advanced civilization. women have been reckoned inferior to men. This attitude has been very marked in the realm of education. It is only within the last century here in America that women have been admitted to our colleges and universities, because of the general opinion that they were mentally inferior to men. A century ago any girl who was ambitious for an education. such as young men were get.ting.was looked upon with suspicion, shunned by men and feared by parents. Most of them never got married.

This attitude toward women is a heathen hang-over, alien to the Christian religion. Among lheEn.st Indian people girls are looked upon as inferior to boys. when our Canndlan Mission Schools in Tri- nidad were opened eighty years ago. it was very difficult to get parents to allow their girls to at- tcnd school. "They can't leai'ii". they said, "and if they did they would become saucy and disobed- lcnt, and it would be very difficult for us to get them married off". It took thirty years to get. the girls into school. It was only when East Indian parents found out. that girls can learn and were carrying off the pi-furs that they began to realize that. education was good for girls. It was very amusing to hear the remarks those old Hindu and Mohamme- dan men mode when they found out their girls could learn so well as boys. "Nether Menu nor Aso- kn", they sald."'ever told us girls can learn." All over the heathen world it was the some. girls have been at a discount. Their forc- nerus are narrow, their brains are undci-stud.

it is passing strange that this heothln carry-over should penis: here in America. until so late as a century ago. when three women teachers, Emma Willard. Catherine Beecher and Mary Lyon. decided

to take up the plea for glrls'.

schools. Both in the pros: and on the platfonn their efforts werc ridiculed. The girl brain was too light, her forehead too nsrrow,hcr rcuonlng powers too defective, hei- emotions too easily worked upon to make good students.

It was only In ill: when Ober- lin College opened their doors to women. The llrst you four co-eds attended, and to the surprise of everyone they did beautifully. Their marks were better than the

boys. Vassar was opened in me. Then. in rapid suocssslon, smith, c , o. Bryn unn-

and Bernard Von , each headed by s brilliant and capable woman principal.

bsckvsrdnel in tho edu-

gllhe Age-Old storygg

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I beseech you therefore, breth- ren, by the mercies of God, that yo present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy. acceptable unto God. which is your reasonable ser- vice. And he not conformed to this world: but be yo transform- ed by the renewing of your mind. that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

A Boy Film Star

A small llnty-haired Scots boy called Jon Whiteley. who was first heard in a broadcast from a Scottish country school nine months ago. has just made his film debut in a new British pic- ture csllcd "Hunted" and has been hailed by the critics as a first- clcss find. The real discoverer of this "find" is BBC producer Eliz- abeth Adair, who last spring re- corded a short series of programs in country schools in the North East. of Scotland, programs which were intended to reflect the abil- ities of country children who would normally have no opportunity of visiting a. broadcasting studio. She went. to in number of schools and held auditions and one of those she finally selected was at Many- musk on Donside, seventeen miles from Aberdeen. Miss Adair went. back with is recording car to this picturesque village, and recorded the children playing singing games, talking about their lessons, singing nursery rhymes and describing their hobbies. Then the youngest performer in the program. the headmast.ei-'s son Jon, just. six and dressed in his best kilt, climbed on to a pile of books to be able to reach the microphone and recited Lewis Carroll's "The Owl and the Pussy cat" with immense gravity. Soon after the broadcast Moultrie Kclsull, a well-known Scottish broadcaster who is also talent scout to a film company, rang up to know more about the obviously talented child who had been heard in the Monymusk broadcast. Miss Adair described the boy's appear- ance and capabilities and Jon was later -invited to London for a fllnf test. It was extremely successful and he got the part.

Jon is a. good. self-possessed and intelligent child but. he was very

erics is hard to understand. Jesus, twenty centuries ago. sci. women on an equality with men. He treated them with respect. and

ship, and His kingdom in all rc- spccts on an equality with men: and why Christian men should

education. the right to vote or to hold property in their own name is hard to understand.

Are men the mentally defective part. of the human race? It might almost seem so.

I am, Sir, etc.. W. I. GREEN. Stanley Bridge.

This button of women in christian Am-

gave them a place in His fellow-

deny them the right. to a. superior

3010 Old Charlottetown

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DR. CON 30!"! CARD

The late Dr. Conroy, whose name is still held in loving esteem in this Province, began his prac- tice in Charlottetown in 1830. His first professional card appeared in the Royal Gazette of October 26 of that year, and read as fol- lows:

"Dr. Conroy respectfully informs the public that he intends prac- Iising his profession in this ls- land. and may be consulted at his lodgings at Mr. Smardcn's. Having been regularly educated in the different branches of physlc and surgery, both in the Univers- ity of King's & Queen's Colleges of Physicians in Dublin. being a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London and having had extensive practise in diseases incidental to women and infants, afforded in the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, of which he is a llcentiato -he hopes to receive a share of the public support. and trusts. by his strict attention, moderate charges, and knowledge of his pro- fession, to merit its continuance."

shy and rather frightened of the film studio. which could hardly have been more different from his own quiet village. The part he had to play was that of a small. ill- treaved child who inadvertently stumbled on A murder and was dragged all over England and Scotland in the company of the wanted man, who feared that the child might give him away. Jon was more than a little afraid of the murderer, in the person of Dick Bogorde, but as soon as he realised that all the roughness and lll-treatment he was experiencing was only acting his fears deported and he become Bogoi-de's devoted shadow. both on and of! the set. It. was a testing part. that involv- ed both mental and physical effort but Jon, being a tough and most. intelligent little Scot, survived it well. As is . minde of the broad- cost. which brought him the chance of screen fame, he repeated his recital of "The Owlgand the Pussy Cat" in one of the film's sequen- ees.

HE DRESSES FRENCH

LONDON-(CP)-British dress- makcr Charles Creed was invited to design the uniform for the French counterpart of the Brit- ish Womcn's Royal Army Corps. He chose navy blue gobardlne for n hr.-ltcd suit, worn with a pale blue blouse for service wear and a white blouse for "dress" occas- ions.

EDIBLE CASINGS T

OSLO-(CP)--A new type of sausage casing made from Nor- weglnn seaweed will be p-oduced in A new factory in Germany. Result of two years of exper-

iments. the new sausage-skin is edible and much lighter than

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ATTENTION FARMERS

HUNTER RIVER. AND VICINITY

Arriving latter part of week, quantity of bagged lime. Kindly let me have your orders immediately.

GEORGE A. DlCl(l&0N

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, Arrliurlon CAMERA Miss

A meeting will be held Thursday. April 24 at 7 pm in the Y. M. C. A.. for the purpose offormlng s

CAMERA CLUB ' . All interested are asked to. attend

cellophane.

There is no doubt that in our al- most psychopathic desire for speed,

APRIL 22. 1952

A.

The Passing Scene

By Observer

DOWN BY Till OLD MILL STREAM

will make the attempt.

I think he will agree with me that the stones should be allowt-:1 to remain where they are, u"n,o,, estcd. symbols of what hard Work native ingenuity, and Llnspollcti faith could do.

My own ides would be to Clear sway the brush that now threatens l to hide the stones, in the hope mm as the yam so by. other iei.sum,' travellers along the stream will be able to stand on solid granite jun as we did. and "praise famous men and our fathers that begin us",

In a world where rapid change in fashion and ideas is the ordei or men's minds, it is good to know that there are little nooks man, and there where something un. changeable may be found. wnm the mind can muse on lmpondei. able things and the heart can ham communion with stalwart souls at is people's history. in simple, lm. written fslth.

only those who sit. in the seats of the prophets would dare to spec- ulate on what the condition of this Island Province will be like at ill-' turn of s new century.

will its simple grandeur hm.- been lost in the relentless nnrusn of the materialistic concept of ill: and manners? Its historic pastoral way numbered among the relics"- These are questions whme answrii

even when we have the entire day to do as we like with, we miss the experiences of sight and sauna which our spirits and our senses need so desperately. The automo- bile, like a. lot of other machines. has become our master. and to it we pay tribute. O I

Down by the stream I soon for- got all about the trout that weren't there for on its banks. WI"-Ins to b-.- read, was a. thrilling, heroic story of the long ago, written in hard. iinpcrlshsble granite.

A ccntury and s half ago. my companion informed me. 3 man by the name of Daniel McDonald had come to this spot. and. with no power but that of himself and n horse or two, built a water mill. Excavation for the dams was done by shovel and hoe. These. with hammer and sledge. perhaps a block and tackle, were his only engin- eering equipment. And yet. the structure he raised lasted for a hundred years. until the wear and tear of time and the elements took it away.

There still remain relics, how- ever. Most interesting of these are three mill stones where oats were once ground into fine. health-giving food. I had never seen a mill stone before, and it made me think of

em yet eloquent testimony of a life of faith, hope, and charity. For these must have been the tools

not help wondering if we. for all the mechanical gadgets we have to play and work with. are as happy and contented as they were. Cert.- slnly, as they bent. over their mill- stones and witnessed the slow em- ergence of food from raw Brain. they were more conscious than we are of what it really moms to pray. "Give us this day our dolly bread". Accustomed so we are to having our food brought to us in nutty wrapped packages. we know little or nothing of the romance inherent In the richncu of the earth. pur pioneer forefathers knew it well. They may not have had much money at any one time. and they knew nothing of Government-gush cntced social security. The only security they knew was that of their own brawn and indomitable spirits. combined with the give and take or good nelghbourlv relationships. Perhaps, after all, that is the only kind worth having. 0 O I t

After my companion had cuc- fully explained how the mill swnes had been made to do their work at usefulness in the simple economy of days long post, he sold: "I think I'll try and bring one of them back to my place. It. would man a fine door step. surely. if men and horses could bring them here more than a hundred years no. there must be some way now in take one of them back". I dsreny it could be done, but I do not believe my

like Daniel McDonald

to Prime Minister

lie within the ruffled folds of ttmr ! think it is safe to say that it wll never be more worthy of its Crea- tor-glven gifts than it was in ihl early days of its history, when lllP.' set then faces to the wind and their naml:

to the mill stones.

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FROM "THE PROPHET" And I woman who held a hobo against her bosom said.

Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your child- rcn. They are sons and daughters of Llfels longing for itself. They come through you but nol from you. ' And though they are with you y-t they belong not to you. may give them your love but not your thoughts, they have their own thoughls.

You For

many things. You may house their bodies but l-fere. indeed, was one of the poet's not their souls, "sermons in stones". Here was sll- For their souls dwell in the how

of tomorrow, which you can- not visit. not even in gun dreams.

may strive to be ' ”iSEit' 's'eck' 'not' 10'"

l:i6”uFI'"oI'hlA"hLfldl. man: "man ' cllke you. " "

they undoubtedly were, could not For life goes not backward not

have dong jg, . iarrlcs with yesterday. what today, with the help of You are the bows from which

power driven vehicles, shovels. saws. your children as living ar-

ou:., would be unlmaglnative rou- rows are sent forth.

tine, must then have been almost. The Archer sees the mark up"!

.' mnuk of lcmavemem. the path of the infinite. am I thought of the fortitude and He bends you with His mizhl

rugged courage of those pioneers lhtalflils KNOWS may 80 swift

an hlstor . And 1 could En Ir- ot "Hy 1" d y Let your bending in the Al'Cll('l'f

hand be for gladness; ev:n as He loves the arrow that files. so He loves also the bow that is stable.

-Kahlil Cvibl mu.

Tax-Free Liquor

('roront:Telcgroml Representations have been made St. Lai.ll'0llt that lieutenant. governors of the provinces should be granted the

diplomatic privilege of purchasing

tax-free liquor.

Mr. St. Laurent is understood to have not seen his way clear In put the proposal to the cabinet for consideration. However. tnw estimates now before Parliament. provide for payment. of expcnsrs for the lieutenant governors. It 15 a step towards opening the ofiirr towards men who are not wcaltli,l' beyond consideration of the costs of the office they occupy.

Diplomats in Canada obtain their liquor tax-free. In Ontanc the lieutenant governor. the W0- vince's official host, obtains liulwl at cost. price to the Ontario Gov- ernment but this cost price ill- cludes ali the Dominion tnxcs.

NORTHERN FISII

The grompus. an enormous lush found in the Arctic Sean anti 0” the Greenland Coast, is u l'll('Iiii'7tt"-

friend, on further consideration.

of the dolphin fnmily.

TIMES

Insurance.

Tnnsporhtion Covers.

Aunts for Lloydl.

Seventy years ago. the sailing ship filled the eye and stir- red the longing for adventure.

Throughout those years from wooden sailing Ihlpl of st? hi-day. to the streamlined fabricated steamer and air shit? 0' today. we have always endeavored to keep psoc with the VIM cbsngcs that have occurred in transportation and its relation to

We are llliwy to be of what scrvico we can no 1-crud!

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