.flIfi-.°v,m.

@112 fiuardimr

Covdrs Prince Edward island Llko The Dow WJ. l-tancox. Publisher Iurton Lewis Executive Edna: '“5"‘I"'d "WY weal: day morning (aaeapt lass ‘CY! and statutory holidays) at I65 Prince Street, Cliflloititown. P-E.i., by Thomson Newspapers Ltd

Frank Walku Editor

. lunch offices at Surnmersido, Montague. Albee

ion and Souris.

Represented nationally by Thomson Newspapers Ad"’"l‘I"9 5¢|'VICea Toronto. 425 University Avg. Empire 3-B894, Montreal, 640 University 6-5°42; Western Georgia Street. Vancouver (MA

Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish." Association and iho Canadian Press The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for rapub Iicatlon of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or If the Associated Press or Reuters end also to the local news published herein. All rights or republication of special dispatches herein

$12.00 a year by mail or rural routes and areas not serviced by carrier. . $l5.00 a year off Island and U.K. $20.00 pd

year in U.S. and elsewhere outside British Cons.

lnonweal . Not over 7: per single copy. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation

PAGE 4 FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 19»:

Out By Millions

It is disturbing to note, from the Public Accounts for the year ending last March. the manner in which unanticipated expenditures keep piling up, notwithstanding the chan- ges made in the Provincial Treasur- er’s department a few years ago to prevent this very thing. Liabilities are now shown to have increased during the year to the tune of $3,- 136,925, as against a forecast last year of a-$2.4 million increase, and an estimate in the 1932 budget for a slight surplus to be achieved and applied to debt reduction. Where on earth did all the money go?

Total expenditure ran to $29,579,- 864. In his interim statement last year the Treasurer forecast a total expenditure of $28,061,072, which was an increase of $605,656 over the original estimate. This was due, he explained, to certain special dif- ficulties. and it was a source of sat- isfaction that the Government had been able to do so well in the cir- cumstances. The greater part of the deficit was made up of four items:

(a) Payment of hospital insur- ance resulting from the cancellation of hospital insurance premiums for the four months of Dec. 1962 and January, February and March, 1963, in the amount of $451,000;

(b) An excess in road mainten- ance cost of approximately $3/4 million caused by the severe con- ditions of the winter of 1962;

(c) Flood damages to roads in the spring of 1962 also cost an ad- ditional sum of $331,570:

(d) Compensation to grain grow- ers, on the loss of crops during the wet season, in the amount of $50,- 000.

In addition to these extra costs there ‘were “the traditional election year pressures for extra services which were held to as minimum."

This statement was given to the House on April 16, 1963, based upon “nine months’ actual 11 nd three months’ forecast," and pur- ported to be a fairly accurate pic- ture of the financial situation as it would appear when the Public,Ac- counts were tabled this year. Yet we find the estimates to have been overrun—n-ot by $605,656 as fore- cast at that time, but by $1,584,448.

Actually, what was budgeted for at the March, 1962 session, for the year ending last March, was a total liability of $32,850,422 in place of the $36,298,252 now revealed, leav- ing a difference of nearly three and a half million dollars between wish- ful thinking and actual performance in the financing of our affairs for the year under review.

Let us hope, when the Budget comes down this year, that we shall get a picture of the current. year’s financing. and of the coming year's expenditures, that will prove more accurate.

Fine Souvenir Edition

“One good result from the visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Charlottetown and Quebec this year," says an Ontario contempor- ary. the Stratford Beacon-Herald, “may be to amuse a little curiosity aniong Canadians about what did hafipen at Charlottetown and Que-

’ beg back in 1964.

'_l"The royal couple is taking the trgsble to come across the Atlantic toe, seven days of ceremonies and l l duties. to mark the 100th , of the two conferences were haldlnlsdd/Wadonot that -as a conscientious mon- Eliaabeth will do some

an homework in preparation for her week in Canada. Oct. 6-12. Eight months from now she will be prepared to talk intelligently about the events of 1864, and will know why they are considered important enough, in Canadian history, to call for a royal visit on their 100th an- niversary.”

We do not doubt that Her Ma- jesty is already well informed on the subject. But it is one on which too much light cannot be thrown, and it is our pleasure to call at- tention to a very fine series of articles in the February issue of The Atlantic Advocate on the Char- lottetown Conference. This is a spec- ial Confederation Centennial Sou- venir edition, and we can recom- mend it highly to both our citizens and to prospective visitors.

Messages of welcome are con- tributed by Premier Shaw and His Worship Mayor Gaudet. These are followed by a review by Dr. Frank Mackirmon, president of the Cana- dian Memorial Foundation, of our centennial highlights, and what they mean for all Canadians.

Two articles of prime interest are contributed by Lorne C. Call- beck, past president of the Prince Edward Island Historical Society. Those of us who have difficulty in remembering who the “Island Fath- ers” were may read all about them here-—about their occupations. hab- its, appearance and foibles, and even the houses in which they lived, as well as the part they played in the events leading up to Confederation.

M . Callbeck’s other article, “The Island in the Sixties,” gives an account of the visit of the Prince of Wales, the Tenant League trou- bles including the famous “battle of Vernon," the building of ships, Father Belcourt’s car, the fire of

.1866, Dowie’s hanging. and other

even-ts of the period.

Adding much to the value of the edition are the reproductions, In their original colors, of paintings of early Island scenes and historic in- cidents.

For Wider Markets

Beef consumption in Canada In 1963 was seven per cent higher than during the previous year, but cat- tle stocks by December were up 3.1 per cent. This was indicative of the foresight of livestock farmers in boosting their cattle holdings to meet a growing demand, but the point has now been reached where export is essential in flattening out wide variations in price. This price fluctuation could be accentuated as shortages and oversupply occur from month to month, or from year to year, unless there is some outside outlet.

This is a matter of concern to our Island producers, and it points up the importance of freer trade poli- cies; a matter which we note, has been strongly underlined by Mr. .I.M. Yarem, president of the Meat Packers Council of Canada. Canada already has some export markets for red meats, particularly pork; but Mr. Yarem insists that for wide- spread export, trade restrictions must be eased. Cattle growers as well as other exporters, he says, should join the crusade for easier tariffs, particularly in Western Europe and Britain.

This matter, it will be recalled, was the theme of considerable dis- cussion at the recent annual meet- ing of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture here. The western dele- gates argued for 9. more strongly worded resolution on the subject than the one finally adopted. It would seem that they were right in their emphasis on the need for un- derlining the connection between freer trade and our farming inter- ests in a clear-cut, unequivocal manner.

EDITORIAL NOTE

The five-year assistance program inaugurated in 1958 by the Canadian government for the Commonwealth islands in the West Indies was in re- cent days marked by the completion of official opening of one of the major projects which had been un- dortaken in the past fiscal year in Trinidad. This comprises the triple residential complex built, furnished and equipped by Canada for St. Au- gustine University, located in a suburb of that name adjacent to T1-lnldad’a capital city of Port-of- Spin. It forms mrt of the mall University of the West Indies with ‘headquarters in Jamaica. .,

c,‘l?Rll5

" \\

II

c'::__-___-—_-_~

ll, '

”HELLO, DR. SPOCK7”

PROBING INTO SPACE

Puerto Rico's Eye In The Sky

National Geographic News Bulletin

From a lonely outpost in Puer- to Rico's rugged limestone hill country. scientists are probing deeper into space than ever be- fore.

A new radio telescope-beliew ed to be the largest of its kind,

built by the United States Gov- ernment and operated by Cornell University— is making possible this study of the far reaches of space.

The deep-dish, 18‘:-acre rc- flector can pick up radio emis-

PUBLIC

FORUM

ARDA REJECTS STOCKYARD Sir,— Regarding a stockyard rejection by ARDA, a writer in a Summerside paper would like to blame Ottawa when he states in part "you figure it. I can't. Premier Shaw can't. No one can." However are we led to believe this is all the Ottawa officials know about Island Current talk here is that ‘ tawa" feels something is wrong and would like to see the price- fixing probe against meatpack- ers which Premier Shaw promis- ed the H o u s e two years ago. How about it? I am, Sir, etc., Charlottetown. BEATLE

PENSION PAYMENTS

Sir,— A writer to the p u b l1c forum from Hazelbrook, who signs himself "student", takes the Liberal government at Ot- tawa to task and rightly so for their procrastination in putting the ten dollar increase in old age security pensions into effect.

The increase in old age assis- tance, etc., which was m n d e available some time ago by the Liberal government at Ottawa has not been implemented by the P.E.I. government which is not Liberal. In the Speech from the Throne it is stated that the increase will be paid this year. The fiscal year ends March 31st and as this increase is certainly fiscal, maybe it will be paid in March, but with the govern- ments double-talk, one ne ver knows.

I am, Sir, etc.,

- CONSE-RVATIVE Kensington.

PUPILS’ ALLOWANCES

Si-1-,—Please permit me space in your column to commend “Old Fashioned Mother" of Cavendish on her recent letter re pupils‘ al- lowances. It does one g to know there is one parent with such sound views on "Govern- ment hand-outs".

I agree with her that the chll dren of today have a great op portunity to obtain their educa- tion compared to children of a few years ago. 11 he went directly from grade -10 to PWC. Parents had to prov ide everything then.

Where do the people who com- Dlain in the "government money" comes from but from the people through more a 1! higher taxes? Wouldn't we have more responsible citizens tomor- row If the children of today, were taught to be more aelf- reliant and useful?

I am, Sir, etc., Not so old Fashioned Mother Fredericton. P.E.I.

'<

THEN — AND NOW Sl1'.- It will be seen from the following item, that times have

shameful grasping of the public funds by a body whose immed- iate duty was to protect the in- terest of the people.

It may be said here that in all probability the “£" was of Is- land currency. therefore worth $3.20 so that £30 would be worth $96.00 and £20 would be equal to $64.00. However, undoubtedly the purchasing power of $1.00 at that time would be much greater than that of today, perhaps four times as great; but even so the indemnity was very small at that time.

At the last session of our Pro- vlncial Legislature o1.1r Legislat- ors considered unanimously that $3.000 was not a penny too much. From what has been said above, It will be seen that there was a wide difference between the opinions held by the honour- ; able members of 1845 and the 3 honourable members of 1963 in I

I

respect to the use of pu b lic funds. As to which honourable gentlemen had the higher motiv- 1 es, this deponent shall maintain ’ a discreet silence. I I am. Sir, etc., I C.S. MACDONALD I Murray Harbour . I Formerly of Wood Islands. I

THE LIQUOR PROBLEM

Sir,— Down through the cen- ‘ turies, the liquor question h a 3 been a problem: and it will con- ‘ time as such. so long as man will give way to the habit strong drink. The devastation it I causes cannot be reckoned in dollars and cents. The p e r son I beat qualified to express an op- I lnion on the problem is the per- son who has seen the effects of the whole sordid business, the home of booze seller. l and the homes of victims of the boou habit. Homes where the mothers and wives were heart broken. and where the children were Ill clad, and some times in I need of nourishing food. That is I the price of strong drink. '

It requires the exercise of will power to overcome the h a bit. Any man or woman who will sincerely seek God’: aid, can overcome it. I said, women, be- cause indulgence ln liquor by women is becoming altogether too common.

The scriptures have much to say about the evils of strong drink, and it would be well to 1' us to stud th

1 1 I

BROKEN PROMISES Sir,— All this fussing and tum- ing about election promises, family allowances etc! in my opinion there never should have been family allowance III first place. ’I‘he Liberal govern- ment ahouid have set up an Edu- cation Trust Fund of an amou equal to the coat of family allow- ance each year. and added to each year. by a like amount, this fund would really take care of our educational problem and every child would have an

al chance. As for crying about broken , how about a few sen.

sions from stars 12 million lignt years away. It can bounce rad- ar beams off the moon and plan- ets for an unprecedented closeup view of earth's neighbors in the solar system.

TO STUDY IONOSPHERE The primary mission of lh e telescope. ho\\'evor. is to study the ionosphere. This portion of the atmosphere extends 50 to 400 miles above the earth's surface and makes possible radio com- munications. e u 11 i q u e instrument is a steel-mesh bowl 1,000 feet across with a 550-ton feed platform sus- pended 435 feet above it by cab les. One of Puerto Rico's most spectacular landscapes forms the setting. Appropriately, the area has an almost lunar quality. Hundreds of haystack- s h a p e d hillocks. some as high as 300 feet, rise about the countryside south of Arecibo between the flat coast- al plain and the central moun- tain range. In the narrow, twist- ing valleys between the hills. farmers plant pineapple. sugar cane. and other food crops. National Geographic photogra- ‘pher B. Anthony Stewart fle w over the arca. The mounds rc- mindcd him of “dyed eggs Sil- ting on end in an Easter bask- ct."

The hills began growing when a huge limestone plateau r 0 so from beneath the sea millions of

. years ago and eroded slowly un-

der action of wind and rain. The erosion also carved caves and caverns, sheer cliffs, and under- ground rivers. Rivers such as the Tanama and amuy disap- pear suddenly underground. then spring up again a few m i 1 e s away.

Where caverns collapsed, huge slnkholes were formed in the ground.

SINKHOLE HELPED

Builders of the radio telescope used the terrain to advantage. A natural sinkhole surrounded by hiilocks was scraped away by bulldozers to make a basin for the telescope's reflector. Con- crete towers were erected o n the tops of three haystack hills. From these, cables were sus- pended to hold the feeder p I a l- form above the dish.

This movable platform gives the telescope its maneuverabil- ity, allowing it to focus on tar gets In the sky some 20 degrees in every direction from the ran-

1 .

Scientists can climb to feeder platform on a dizzying catwalk or on a cable car. They wear short water side to walk on the mesh bowl.

Most members of the staff of the Arecibo Ionospherlc Obser- vatory live In the city. about 12 miles away. It takes them much longer to get to work than to send a radar beam 98 million miles to the sun.

LUNG DEATHS mama:

LONDON (Reut.ars)—-‘rho rate of increase In lung cancer in men in Britain is on the decline. but it Is increasing sharply in women. an official report says. A commentary on the registrar- general‘: statistical review for England and Wales for I81 said lung cancer accounted for about one-third a male cancer deaths In that year. The rate of increase in man has been slowly falling in the last 10 years, but the llgus-es for women acceler- ated sharply. d.re11'a footwear. and moat clotti- lng. all the necessary clothing for school are tax free.

Let's force our shop

decfle

Fot, Leon In-Between

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellea Differences In body build have been recognised since antiquity. figure may change with the passing years but in general it is heredity. Hor- at

all men and women have a com- bination of masculine and fe- mlnine characteristics.

We recognize three basic com- ponents of body build, even though there is no pure tyrpe. Th endomorph is the first: fatness a roundness are outstanding. The second is the mesomorph in which masculinity predominates. The third type, the ectomorph. is characterized by slenderness and linearity.

Dr. W.Ii. Sheldon, after study- ing the photographs of several thousand persons. introduced this somatolype grouping years ago as a convenient way of rat- ing humans along this line. The three characteristics are graded from one to seven, in the order given. The well balanced man or woman ends up with a score of 3-4-3. The fat lady at the cir- cus rates high in endomorphy and less so in the other factors, giving her a score of 7-1-1.

The endormorph, with his soft. round physique. e n I 0 Y 8 food and company, relaxes eas- ily. and sleeps soundly. He greedy for affection and wants to live and let live. In addition. his obesity encourages ailmenlis associated with overweight, in- cluding gall bladder disease.

The mesomorph, or athletic type, is full of energy- loves ex- ercise, snores vigorously, and rises early in the morning full of pep. He wants things done in a

' h i 5

may give way under the strain of vigorous living.

The cclomorph is fragile and narrow. Ectomorphs are shy, in- tense, nervous, and highly sensi- tive and vulnerable to outside in- a r e

from social contacts. They are apprehensive and tire easily be- cause of using up so much ner- vous energy. The ectomorphs do not sleep well and have trouble getting up in the morning. They often suffer from skin disorders. head colds. and ulcer. Many are hypocliondriacs. RLISTER-LIKE LESIONS E. L. writes: What sort of all- ment is pemnhigus? REPLY

It is listed as a skin disease. The word, pemphinus, means a blister or bubble. Blisters arise on the skin in various 1: tea s such as the scalp, armpits. el- bows. knees. hands, feet. nose, and eyelids. There are many forms of the disease and some terminate fatally. Corlisone or other corticosteroid ' th treatment of choice.

MATCHES AND CANCER

E. W. writes: Has the relation- ship between sulfur and lung cancer been investigated? I re- fer to drawing sulfur into the lungs while striking a match to light a cit:-are-t.

R

LY Yes, and research has failed to implicate this action in the lung cancer controversy. KEROSENE RUBS . V. writes: Would rubbing kerosene all over the body cause blood poisoning? REPLY

No. Kerosene may burn the more sensitive areas and, ob- viously, this is no time to smoke.

WHY LIFT?

C.M. writes: Is 43 years too

old to start weight lifting? REPLY

No, but why? There are bet- ter and more enjoyable forms of exercise for a person your age. Swimming and golf are exampl-

es.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT- Defective wires can e au se ‘res.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 14, 1989)

A capacity house attended the show presented by ‘The Merry Minstrels’ In the Holy Name Hall tonight. Each number on the program. including the rapid fire jokes received hearty appl- 8-use from c large audience. The show was under the direc- tion of J. Austin Trainor, CD.

The Charlottetown Male Chor- us repeated their concert tonight at the Prince of Wales College Hall to a fairly large audience The p r o g 1' a m went over even better than during their first performance. The instructor, Mr. Dlnnls, is to be commended on the great work he has done with this chorus since he has taken it over.