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PAGE roux THE GUARDIAN

-Authorized no second Clan Mill I'ost-0fVfl.co- Department. Ottawa. The island Guardian Pubiinhin; Co.

Editor and Managing Director. In: A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward lalmd like the flow”

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". I

(IHARL()T'l'ETOWN TUESDAY. JULY 25. I953

"tip To The Politicians"

The fighting men have done their part in maintaining a free world, at least for the time being, and now it is ”up to the politicians” to take over and bring about a settlement. That is always the story. Fight- ing is necessary at times in order to per- mit negotiations on desirable terms but the negotiations and the compromises are still necessary. I

All too readily we speak contemptuouslyi of politicians but they are the specialistsl who enable mankind to live in better con- ditions than that exemplified by the rule that they should take who have the power and they should keep who can. Politicians are. in fact, our greatest safeguard against barbarism. The fact that they may be no better than their fellows, and in fact have little chance of being elected if too ob- viously better. should not blind us to the importance of their position in the scheme of things.

In this Province. in this election, as in all democracies the candidate and his party work hard for election but it is all in vain if his policies do not commend themselves to the electorate. The voter has the final responsibility of deciding whether

he wants much government or little, a continuation of government as he has mown it in recent years or a change in

':he direction of a promised businesslike administration on the one hand or a full- fledged welfare state and the socialization of industry on the other. The latter alter- native has little appeal in a. community like Prince Edward Island. Liberals and Pro- gressive Conservatives are divided on the great question of the efficient administra- tion of government along the lines to which we are accustomed. Such a decision must be based chiefly on personalities and it is on that basis of merit that the final decision will be made.

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Where Persistence counts

The toll of drownings is unnecessarily high, averaging each year over 1,000 in Canada. Every summer many lives are un- necessarily lost, either because foolish risks are taken by swimmers or because when the unconscious body of the victim has been recovered, methods of restoring res- piration are unknown by the rescuers or are not continued long enough.

The Health League of Canada gives an extraordinary illustration of the results of persistence. A twenty-two months old child who had fallen into a tub of water and was found by the mother twenty-five min- utes later. to all intents and purposes dead, was given artificial respiration by a passer- by and his son. Although a doctor declared that the child was dead, the work con- tinued. After this had gone on for four

hours the child uttered a moan. An hour'

later a movement of the foot wasnoterl and subsequently the child began to cry.

Put to bed, by the next morning it had,

completely recovered. V

Even in cases of immersion for half. an hour the Health League urges, artificial respiration should be continued for four hours or until the setting in of rigor moms. or a doctor shows beyond question that life is extinct. The fact that the normal signs or life are entirely absent should not be taken as evidence of death. It is a matter of importance that as many R5 D0S5lbl9 should familiarize themselves with one or other of the methods of expelling WW3? which has entered the lungs and of restm" ing breathing. At any time it may be the means of saving it life.

'w. I. in Malaya

A noteworthy effort to show Asian women that they have sisters in the West just as their men have brothers is being made in Malaya where organization work has been undertaken by the Federation of Women's Institutes of England and Wales. The effort was inspired by Lady Tempter,

V wife of the general who attempts to bring

pace to 1 land harried by Communist-ln-

to figu-ed gueriilas since the war. and Mar-

B. I-Ierbertson went out from the

flilllnlh WI to get the work started.

ovp A rare challenge for an organ- ., A England or any other country '" I ' I WI has operated in the We: ", ' -, Ottawa Joumnl. "Many Chinese 0 women in Malaya are manual

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workers, laboring with their men in mines and fields and building activities. On the other hand, tradition has made the Malay woman a gentle reticent person,” encour- aged to spend her life in the quiet of her home, watching the world go by.

”Now there are 150 institutes in Ma- laya, where women of various races meet, They find their greatest pleasurein plain? sewing and cutting out children's and. adults' clothes. They like patchwork les- sons. are attracted by bright colors, and they show remarkable ingenuity and artis- try in designs. In cooking, they displayed particular interest in recipes for European cakes rather than the nourishing vegetable dishes the health experts favored. But a start has been made.

"Canada saw the beginning of the W0- men's Institutes and knows how the move- ment grew and satisfied an aching need. No doubt there were those who predicted failure for the WI in Canada but from happy experience we can look towards Ma- laya with confidence in a tested instru- ment of goodwill."

Canada's Export Decline

The broad contemporary picture of Canada's business glows with the bright colours of prosperity. Industrial activity is at a high level and retail sales are keeping, well ahead of last year's. Canadians can stand back from this picture. says the Hamilton Spectator, and take an admiring: view. It is only on closer inspection that the contrasting shadows are seen.

Canada's overseas sales have been de- clining every month this year. ”Sales

Letter. During the first four months of this year, Canada had a deficit of more than t172,000,000 in her foreign trade. Declines in export were noticeable in trade with all countries except the United States.

Although there are several reasons for. this decline in Canadian exports-import restrictions imposed in sterling area coun- tries, the fall in commodity prices and the near completion of armament programs- the significant and disturbing fact is the change in the market pattern. For many years Canadian exporters have built mar- kets in European countries-in the United Kingdom particularly-and these are being allowed to wither away because of artificial currency restrictions, while the market in the United States isgbeing disproportion- ately increased. In other words, Canada is becoming increasingly dependent for her economic well being on the United States; as a trading nation she is in danger of los- ing- much of her independence by placing too many of her economic ”eggs" in one, basket.

This decline in exports, notes The Spec-i tator, has not yet been felt on the "home front". Itrtakes several months before de- clines and boosts reach the factory bench and the counter of the grocery store. There. is still time for this zfdverse trend to be noted and appreciated and for action to be taken that will prevent the loss of tra- ditional markets and Canadian business in- dependence. Some measure of currency convertibility will have to be arranged, it seems, to iestore the flow of trade, to main- tain employment and the standard of liv-

ing.

l:Dl TORIAL NO I I.-S

l This is an expensive year for the Fed- eral Government as well as for political parties and candidates. For the first time in four years Federal expenditures in June exceeded revenue. O O ' O

Nomination Day is over and it will cost candidates S200 to withdraw or fall to poll fifty per cent of the number of votes cast for the elected candidate. Even so it takes only 5800 to provide deposits for a candi- date for every seat on the Island. To put up a candidate in every riding in a Prov-

island Boy Scouts are back from the second Canadian A Jamboree. That gather- ing near Ottawa of some 2,500 boys from every part of Canada was a wonderful thing for the boys, the'Scout movement and also for Canada. The more Canadians can meet one another and appreciate vari- ous viewpoints the better.

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Stephen Phillips, English poet, was born this date 1864. He attended the Grammar School at Stratford on Avon and Oundle, played in Shakecpearlan companies for six years, was an army tutor and finally turn- ed to literature. After publishing several volumes of poetry he took to writing verse- plays for the London theatre. the best prob- ably being "Armageddon". He was also editor of the "Poetry Review." ,3. Ag,

abroad . . . have not shown the same buoy- ancy as domestic sales," says the Canadian 7 Bank of Commerce in its July Commercial I A

f'l-IF. GUARDIAN. I CHARl.()TTET()VVN

"Anybody Here Named 'MacKinnon'?"

gm: r-no-v.

song: sing unto the Lord. all the

earth Give unto the Lord the

glory due unto his name: bring

an offering, and come into his

courts. 0 worship the Lord in the

The pm-pie mug of paradise, beauty of hollnese: fear before

0, softly on yon banks of haze. him. all the 0111111.

Her rosy face the Summer lays! I

Becalmed along the azure sky,

The argosics M (lowland 1”. .19. She showed us her hands and

whose shores” mm "mm, H smug .u'ms where she had been wounded in the police and prison guards,

. IL I. I 4 mg n ihavmg been thrown into jail four

Mll')Sl'-IVIMI-Lil.

Around this lovely valley rise

Far off their pearl-white peaks

uplm times. she was a big. powerful

' . Jlil'l)lTlall with a. hand like a lumber- Thrgxgfdzig, the long midsum lmaii. The chairman of the meet- -, . , "in: invited any who wished to Thehmeadow -sides are sweet uithtmme up and Shake ml. hand. I ay' did not admire her features so

I seek the coolest. sheltered sent. . , Just where the field and forcstiimlmiiafig ghggzhiseblsgufrageilad the

meet "S . icourage of Carrie Nation I might whe” 3m” the l”"C'”"5 mu have become a bottle smasher. I and ,b”md- iunuld have made a name for my- The ancient oaks austere and 59”, and no mismkep u would 8l”5”d- lliave made headlines for many a

IININFS daily: ”Rev. W. I. Green, minister !of the United Church, arrested The Itil1D1C5 0T N19 1'iVUlP?- ':in:l locked up for entering liquor istore in Charlottetown, during lsale hours, and doing serious dam- lnze in Government property. No lbail was allowed. Some of the cus- - jtomers were greatly alarnied,tliirik- mi: IL was a man, criminally in- iclined, who had escaped from the Asylum". , Why is drink tolerated? Why do tum. Christian men and women iconiblne and rise up in a mighty protest. and destroy this evil, root pzind branch? Has the Evil One Iinesmerized the whole Christian churrh that makes her so indif- tfercnt to this bliizht. that is kill- tin: far more people than war. and l,lii'eakiii; up our homes upon which ,the spiritual welfare of the nation iis built? Before God conscience inuist answer this question. Must above the other girls had a .s:rik- the killing go on until conditions in: face wzth spark .ng black o,vrs.'brrome sopbad that evcn the Gov- She was thrn :r.vr:et. SlVl('Oll and lcrnment will rise up and protest? belonged to it good family of funny I am. Sir, etc.. people. At, twenty she. inarried a, W. I. GREEN. smart. and good looking man who Stanley Bridge. promised to make her happy amll - -- keep her in comfort. .15 ion: as MARKETING RESOLUTION they both should live. Thev feared, ---- no evil. Their prospe.cts were very. Sir.-I am in favor of any Board bright. tohlcli might be beneficial to the But the lemptcr comes in us of-iaverage person. and voted in favor ten in ways we least, expect. Drink. of the establishment of the Potato that universal enemy of man, wnsllvlarkctiiiiz Board during its initial sold on the street. where Jim daily stages, but. at present. could not see passed. and "friends" were mt "i.Vsrlr voting to: any "Pool Ar- slow in finding him out. It becrin ranzcmciit.". seci'etly, and' the limiting contin- As A member of the Federation tied in secret for quite a while. of Agriculture nncl also in member But when Jim found himself trnp- nf the Public Killing Plant Com- ped he lost his self-respect. and mittee, I agree along with many adopted that don't-cafe-n-cl-n. at- more producers that the time has titude that marks a man on the come when it is an establishcd fact way to alcoholism. that the Federation has on quite a It in it long story which I shall few occasions worked against the not tell for it has been iolrl nl- producers. In this instance we ready. a thousand times nndmore: ilireet our dissension at both our sufllce it to say that Jim became Provincial Secretary and President a. liar who tried to deceive his and we wish to ask it question wife and others. and a thief who which Mr. Dewar should answer. pllfered from the tilt of his wife: Question: Are committees that

And fringy roots and fret

-John Townsend Trowbridge.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column In open to the discussion by cotrespoml ..ts of questions of interest. The Guardian does not: necessar- ily endorse the opinion of wrrespoiulents.

A rniniiiifsrtinv Sir.-The first time I saw her was in 1931 at. ll Son.s of Temper- ance meeting. She stood a head

Old Charlottetown (And I. I. L)

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COLONIAL BUILDING PLAN! "The House of Assembly, at its last session, adopted a resolution authorizing certain alterations and additions in and to the Colonial Building, now in progress of erection in Charlottetown, agreeably tn the plan and speci- fications lnid before the House, as prepared by Mr. Isaac Smith. or such of them as the Commis- sioners for the said building. with the approbation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may deem necessary, the House to provide for the some out of the unap- propriated moneys now raised by virtue of an act named in the 7th year of the reign of His late Majesty King William IV, for levy- ing an assessment on all lands in this Island.

”I'he resoluatlon was carried on the following division: Yeas, Hons.

Cambridge. Hudson. A. Maclenn, Defuse, Cotes, Longworth, Macgre- gor-9. Nays: Messrs. Rae. Fraser, Cooper. D. Macdonnld. Dlngwell. Montgomery, 1). Macleaii, Mac- ixitosh,-8. ,"The improvements, we tinder- sland are to consist chiefly in restoring the two wing: at the ends, and the "columns at the sides. which had been removed fi'om the original plan. to bring the expense within the Legislative grant-the former-to allow private entrances and private rooms. to the Court-house and Halls of Legisla- tion-the latter, by extending them forward. to form n portico on each side, which will add greatly to the accommo ation. as well as to the appearance of the building." -Colonial Herald. May 4. 1044.

meeting of the Federation of Agri- culture. with an express job to be done, supposed to get the unre- served support of the Provincial Secretary and President or is it their privilege to work against these committees as the Public Killing Plant Committee has been worked against? On behalf of many fsrniere. I am, Sir, etc.

WOODROW WI-mA'I'LEY

East. Royalty.

HE

rive oulAC

business. He wasn't earning a cent have been set. up at the annual

but spending other people's money.

After enduring the toi-merits of hell for sixteen years Elmira got a divorce. and now Jim is living up in Ontario with 3-woman who is fool enough to have him.

The stuff women are made of is nowhere revealed more clearly than by the way, your in and year out, they put up with ii man who drinks, hoping against hope that some day he will reform. I have known them, themselves to turn to drink as it refuge.

This sordid. brutal drama has been enacted in every city.Itown and village across Canada. In it any wonder that this girl's par- ents should hate drink, and fear it like .1 raging house fire? Is it my wonder that some people be- come fanatics. and rave against drink? .

In' 1904 in the Y.M.C.A. in Hall- fnx I shook hand: with Carrie Nation, the bottle smasher and

lies , in the

strength.

dent and Health Imurunce can

The Greet-Welt Life lg tho dlnn homes.

Profhiolnl Office: :

R . onus A. IBAW-Dtotrlot mum in Montague. ghfhgidwighinredt nfiidy iyoi:"w'i,'f, moms envrmr-spocinl lepreeemIHvo. , mm, M. you, 0,, M "mm, of nun: L. Manon-upmueuve no xmiamli. machine up the liquor stores. Her :-AT- 3"; ""0 ;:'u':'"'- . Ital -Iepteln '0 I . httlbmd hed been ruined by drink. J. "Aug hu” ” 0 1-"?

At met. the used rocks, carried in the back of her wagon. But. soon '1 she found that. n hatchet was bet- ' 0-

tor, because she could hold on to -

THE NATION'S. SECURITY

In peace as in war. the home is the keystone of the nation's i Llfetlnsura oe prouct: the home, gives the family e foundation of sound I anoint security. Only through Life,

self and hi! family with Idequei.e'flnanclIl security.

Consult your rienrat Agent or write orcell oni

iivuomou & co.-no.

cnnmtrrnrowx . somtnsm: . liroN1'Aatn: ALLISON r. Mel.lAN-District minim no Sunmorelde.

STIIIIU-lopreeen DONALD J. DBQDOICALD-iiepreeentetlvo I SUTHEILAND-leprecenhtlvo no Gherlotootown.

cl- the Average citluirprovlde m-

guardian of thousands of Cunn-

gfenngorc .

Augiutlne (love.

good idea concerning things of our

Palmer, J, S. Mnodonald, Messrs. specmcg 23 hours. 45 mlnutem 36

when life wasn't. half as comfort- able as it. is now, a. distinguished philosopher and poet. observed that ”most. of the tedium of life comes from its comfortable regularity." Whether or not we agree with the opinion It does seem to be r. fact that the ai-tlnclalities of modern civilization tend to cover up many of the adventurous ti'nit.s in our persoi;allt.ies that might give zest and sparkle to living.

The medieval philosopher who said that man should never have been civilized in the first place. and that some day the whole hu- man race would revert to savag- ery, was, it was revealed ls.ter,suf- faring from 1 severe form of dye- pepsla. But. it would be unfair and probably inaccurate to suggest that

A JULY 28, 1953 The Passing Scene -. if t”" t - t” pg .. b By Observer i CONCERNING TEDIUM AND ROUTINE More than I hundred your ego. seconds of each day. This leatrs

9. little less than ii quarter lien, for any exploration into the llfit And that means in pi'aci.lce 1-,... than one new thought in day 1,... normally. a. thought cannot. be brought to any reasonable stage M fruition in 15 minutes.

The fact is that we do so much "on schedule" that an enlefzem-v. finds us confused and liclplcsl The most common tasks must 1,, dm" in A Cenain Way. accordiu: to I definite timetable, and 1” conformity with established pat: tern, or they become irksomc Pre- cision, efficiency. and what 1.... been called ”the adhering tempm have taken such hold on us, um we can scarcely find a. minute 1., anything orlglml. For the mm Put our lives are governed iv

either his gloomy appraisal or his bleak outlook was due solely to; that tormenting malady.

Certainly, the neotnesa with which our little personal world is arranged into compartments ofpre clslon and routine is hardly cal- culated to produce much excite- ment or even lively interest. And in the few instances where per- sonal planning is obviously out. of the question, the state planners have taken over the iesponslbillty. And the end is not yet.

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There are still chances and im- probabilities to be reckoned with but the are grnduauy being liqui- dated. It. is safe to predict that by the end of this century-if not. be- fore-lt. will be possible to foretell with absolute accuracy the state of the weather for at least. it year in advance. Everything will be known right. down to the gentlest ralndrop and the slenderdst lun- beam. It will. of course, be I great day for the farmers and fishermen and for everybody else whose busi- ness is partly controlled by atmo- spheric condltlons. It will be con- venient. to know on Dec. 1 exactly what it will be like on the next July 28. Just. the same, a tradit- ional source of discussion will have been removed, with nothing quite as interesting to take its place, and it. may be that the sense of cer- tainty will hardly make up for the loss of the speculative game that man has been playing ever since he first became conscious of the rainfall and heard the moaning of the east. wind.

. . . Meanwhile there 1.! plenty of tedium occupying our attention to keep us from too much adventur- ing. While no one knows "what the day will bring forth", with re- spect. to things beyond our con- trol. most of us have I. pretty