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THE (mutilate...

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which the next move should be made. in ,too many recent instances considerations oi lnational welfare have been abandoned in de mands for increases in industrial wages These demands, if granted. are exactly the kind of influences which compel disastrous wcurl-ency inflation, and which can only cure the evil at the price of complete economic collapse. When pay demands which cannot be met by industry, and could only be fi- nanced out of the public Treasury, make 'their appearance, the day is in'siglit when ilabor will lose even its bargaining power by one of two courses: It will either subject it- self to the control of a Government bur- eaucracy-its new payniaster--or it will force bankruptcies that cause industrial shut-downs and eventually substitute unem- ployment relief for wages.

: In-uarlu-rut. Ottawa 'llIo Island Iiuurillan I'uhIIsliIng Co. minim unit Mulnsglng Illru-tor. J. ll. Baraall An-uu-Iisie lidllinr, Frank Walker. i

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

caAiii.oTn:'ruwlv wr:uNasi:-u', APRIL 3. I950 "THO Third Party"

Another application for increase in rail rates is forecast us a result of the majority finding of the Federal Conciliation Board, which recently granted an increase of 6.8 tents per hour in wages, permitting the av- crage railway work week of 46.9 hours to

i we reduced to 44 hours with no reciuction inj average take-home pay. The railways al'c' taid to be willing to accept the Board's ..m. TeCOilll1lCll(liltl0Il, but not so the spokesmen; Co.operai;ive potato warehouses do noi for the rail unions who have asked for 0l.li- i seem to be productive of any marked right P3.V inCi'935e5- amount of co-operation between the Premier

The COi1Cill.'.ltl0il Board in its iilaj0i'ltyIand Federal Liberal member for Queenis, report, having shown that the railway, ' 0 0 worker under its award would be more The routine of the amateur gardener highly paid than other comparable workers'just now seems to be to begin enthusiastic in this country. and that the further lll- E cultivation until worms begin io Show upi 3113656 is ileing Sollgill at 8 lime When iii-8 alid then to succumb to the temptation to Canadian economy, while still far ab(:1v'fefpreI- R chuck it and go fishing, war levels. is experiencing serious i icu- 0 - 0

l ties because of the loss of export markets. The Government of British Columbia is goes on to say: ,as energetic as any in its efforts to relieve

"In the consideration of increases of this i the housing shortage. It must he disooui-. magnitude in railway wage scales there is, aging to find Doukhohors bui-ning iheir 09Sid8S the 9nlPi0)'9FS and the 9-mDi0Y905 homes and behaving so as to require to who conduct the negotiations, a third party, I be housed at Government expense,

EDIIURIAL NUIIES

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOT'l'ET()WN

55VbVWVVy . . I PUBLIL FORUM ' This column is open to un- dlscussion by .:m'respondeisls of Iiueltluns in interest. The uuanllsn does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion oi :: correspondents.

' Vfu5 THE HIGHWAY ROUTE

Sir,-An agreement has been reached between the Federal Gov- ernment and our Provincial Gov- ernment in reference to the build- ing of our section of the Trans- Canada Highway, the cost. to be divided on a fifty-fifty basis. This much lnformut.ion we seem to have for a fact. but for some un- determined reason the exact route in this Pmvince s being kept. a dark secret.

I for one do not regard it as idle curiosity that the people in the districts through which this

road is pass. would likeito know before ual work commences the exact. i te decided upon by the

contracting parties.

The principal argument against. giving out this information seems to be that. it might. lead to land speculation. This, to my way of thinking. is u. very poor argument. for if the route were known im- mediately and definitely, this would put an end in all speculat- ion.

Under the terms of the con- tract there is I clause which binds the Federal Government to re- lmburse us one-half of the amount we have already expended in im- proving and su-bgrading. preparat- ory to hardsurfaeing, from the season of 1928 up to the actual laying of the asphalt; this does not include the cost; of rights-of-way.

This iopaymem to the Province would represent a very consider- able amount of our share of the cost of the road; but even with this sum the-cash outlay . is a large item to a Province such as ours. with our very limited rev-

lie ShoIildii't.lloId to stun Tilers Lgll in

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.TlTeWByiig Incident

1 OHBW-I Journal)

government the Philippines would move on steadily to bigger it has

better things. But worked out that Way-

The Washington Post new speaks

aunt, -Winnipeg Tribune.

. Life was ruined along the old

gown. -Wlnnlpig rribrnc.

Any incllnatlorrr-ti; turn into I! Spain or Portugal the confines nl this

which will not abate for cent. rlc.-s. Quebec, which has prospered under- tolerance. must learn that Canada's freedom of religion and civil lib erty does not. stop at her bound- arzus. -Peterboiougn Examiner. It. is to English juries of s cen- any and a half ago that we mainly owe the elimination of the savage criminal laws oi our ancestors. laws that prescribed the death penalty for the theft of four shillings and the like. Juries refused to convict in these cases, where the Judges of the time would have had no ilesitatlon. It would be impossible to count, too. the number of offioal "frame ups." and ambitious schemes of religious of political presecution. which have toilndered because of the stubborn refusal of some jury to bring in a verdict of gritty. - Edmonton Journal.

A friend of ours made the mistake of telling a taxi driver that she was In a hurry: he took her seriously, wuizzing down the street at a gay pace. In one shalt. block he managed to cut into a safety island a 'ew inches, uareen through a Just-turned-on red light. tick a bus which was praceedvlnz at

l Notes By The Way -

wine we most regret in men-"ii-ncr of all tluuss English" year: is not. what we did but what ttbc father of Scottish literary we said,,besinnlng with remarks in ivatssance". l-ie believer in the com. the presence of a supposedly deaf Diel-I: 58DBl'8ti0n from Ergland, .. ibondon Daily Mail.

iycl-ll'.S ago it. meant for tho s.-ii-ii the end of a period oi iictual lsointion when there could be no real traffic with the outsld. world. The coming of the ended that. Then, in much recent sliowplowing of lligiiways that. isoiatnn still farther into the background. It. dueslit make one s downright old-timer to be able to remember, however, wlien the ar- rival of the from Soilthern ontario was EilllO)l as newsivorthy as the the first yrs.-cl Snlrlt Star.

Parade (The Jdlli C. Willston Cr: .'il-lpp. 33.00), ' zinc is flimaus for its boys and girls. selections have been collected and published in book form. but Hill is the first time a collection halt been lnliile of its adventure 5l0l'Ipi only. nineteen authors and illustrated bi almost as many artists make up spine-tingling collection that win

and re-

Nevertheless, its officially spring

frontier and full of uncertainties, now that. the ft:st. steamer xi-his none of which was now to fa.sten'tles have been heard on the a corsage on the strapless evening It only for this reason, the 8l'ill'a, of the first lake vessel in the slum each year renruills all event, (;uebcc.Lhuilgh some of the em ha.-is wlthlliiit. is simply it liangoier Dominion ndays when it meant a great ring will split the-country with a fury more in ii lnateiial way

riia

oval l'l , from nu

Seventy

month.-. oi

ra i l wax

nioii Winter-loll; pushed

times, the

that motor vehicle coming oi Ste. no.1.

Books Received

AdV0llllll'P Stories Floln Sin,--,

Story Parade Ham. fine tales for Over the year;

Twenty exciting yarns hl

unheard at the council tables. whose rights a o a London despatches have quoted 0, ..mmo"s.. in the Manda, of E med only slmmy less mm than appeal to the youngster wlu

enues.

rnust be weighed.-the ordinary Canadian; The safety nicasupe of tho Canadian Na- citizen. l-ligher rail wages mean higherl iionai Teiegi-aph company here of applying lreisht rates and higher passenger fares brilliant safety strips to bicycles of mes- throughout this C0llnll'.Y- Since this C0llllt!'l' sengers deserves to be applauded and imitat- is peculiarly dependent on rail transp0rta- ed. In addition, it would be wise for those lion. these rates Will -result in higher Prices who walk on the highway to provide some- for all goods consumed in this country. They thing of a Similar naiui-e. once upon 3 will also affect the competitive position of time iadiesl stockings showed up in cai- iiie Pl'0dUClS Of mines. farms and f0FESlS in headlights but those days have long since the export market which supplies a great gone.

part of the living of our people. The grant- 0 O I

in8 Of Uncilliy high W339-'5 i0 F8iiW0FiieFS Wiii According to the Montreal Gazette most mean that while they receive more for their people now think there is far too much iab0l'l many Other PePS0n-S Wiii i'9C9iV9 ie55- i bunk, junk and drivel. far too many nerve- The export Prices Of 8 bushel Of Wiieaiv aishattering interruptions by special pleaders ton of newsprint, or a case of fish are notion radio who think they have a right elastic. and if the ii'anSP01't W01iii9!' "9' ' to invade anyone's living room at any time ceives more than his fair share of the dol- and shout Opinionsg CBC is in 3 pom. posi. lars for Which these 80055 are 501d tile" tile i tion to handle this problem. If it goes in farmer. tiled flshennan and the P3P91"W01'ii'i one direction it is accused of trying to er must P9C9iVE 1955 than their fair 5i"ai'e- squeeze out its rivals, if it goes in the other This argument must not be utilized to uii- it is accused of being weak.

, duly and unfairly depress the wages of rail- . . .

workers. It is merely an additional reason for the exercise of care by this Board to en- sure that. railworkers shall not unfairly benefit at the expense of the general pub- lic."

Tom l-lood, British humourist and poet. 'died this date 1845. Educated as an en- graver, he became sub-editor of London Magazine, and subsequently published Hood's Comic Annual, the predecessor of ,present day comic features in newspapers. He had a serious side as well, and is best knownsas the writer of ”The Song of the Shirt”, published in Punch, which drew pub- . - . -. lllC attention to the hardships endured by ggxetyizzfs ::etrl:g2::3o:ll(l:an1::;l);S - sewing women before the advent of the sew- Dresented with a rare painting, "The Two "13 "lachina . . .

Watermills” by Meindert Hobbema (16d3- t1;i:?ie'fi3;:”:f3i3:”:h:”i:,:;i.g:?;d;:?e,'3:, pleted negotiations for two issues of de- by this country to the Netherlandsi Royal bentums mtaiiing 55t0OO!0,00' mciudmg 3 Family during the occupation of their home, 5 three per cent short term issue of 331,500,- land ' f 1000 maturing May 15, 1965 at ghggegggd)-0:16 ' - - half er cent; 20-year issue 0 . . ,

..- may ml:.1pq:Vm.ai are in the National Ganerylitlle sale of the issue will be used as fol-

lletherlaliils' tiratltuiie

The Netherlands parliament has voted. tci express gratitude to this country by giving

New Brunswick Government has com-

it London. He is rated. with Cuyp and Ruys- ifiiwsil hllfoovogq glsre? :ei'EL;:;ttr?:be"t"re5 "ii rlael, at the head of the Dutch school of 01' l9 cw 1” ii C

Power . - - Commission and" 553 500,000 3'4; per cent landscape painters. his strong points being, 3 ' 2 Oooor perspective, chiaroscuro (treatment of light deiienturres in ih: am0:";10:)03(i)(')?)0O 'for V? and shade). and colouring. ”The Two iiaidisur ace '03 S 3" ' " ' '

Watermills". moreover, is one of only foilr Calwnai School grants of the 17th century artist's in the posses-i 0 ' ' l sion of Dutch museums and an association V 3i Dilinl9i'S il3S deSCi'ib9Ci the Work 35 3 Mr. D. A. Riley, has been distributing among "very precious possession of the Dutch pe0- his colleagues in Parliament half-pound pie." . . iblocks of maple cream. The wrapper on Canada is iligiliy h0ll0Ul'0Ci in l'9CelVinE each block announced that it was from the this gift and more than usual tllnlldll district in which New Bi-unswick's new lhouid he given i0 its diSP0Siii0n- Fundy National Park is situated. His pur- --.---------- pose, says the Telegraph-Journal, was to Ontario Farmer's Warning make the attractions of his constituency bet- j ter known to Canada. In linking the park Referring to reductions in farm income and maple cream, he may easily have through lower prices for butter and cheese, struck on something which .his Albert Mr. V. S. Miibllrn. Secretary Ofifhe Ontario County constituents could turn to profit. Federation of Agriculture, has sounded the For the park will bring them more tourists following warning: "The farmers of Can- than they have ever had in the past, and ads will have to insist that labor and ln- the tourists will be potential buyers of dustry cease demanding pay and profit ln- maple products. creases. Farmers are the only people inf the nation whose income is being reduce-tl.v' Labor is demanding and getting higher and higher wages which result in higher pro- duction costs for the farmer at the very time his income is reduced. There has to be is change." - Mr. Mllburn's pronouncement touches on ii fundamental economic principle: wage- price inflatlons inevitably lead to inflation of the currency--the most vicious of all in- T l'IICI0ll'I manifestations Most certainly. Confederation. Probably no more than 10- the Globe and Mali. there has to top-flight men were esmlng a comfortable ' - , A . ' And,Mr. Milburn did well to living from" fine art. Other high-ranking to theiportlon of the economic artists "would be living in gm-refs" but for - 0 by--lnilmtrisi labor isthat in supplementary blooms. .

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The Federal Government appointed an expensive Commission on Art, etc., which has just concluded its hearings in time to team from Canada's leading art dealer that the hey day of fine art has ended. Mr. A. Lascombe Carroll, whose mldtowh galleries have been a Toronto showpiece since 1922. said he is gloomy about the future for Cana- dian artists. He believed there was less op- portunity for them than at any time since

Our Island M. p. for Saint John-Albert, O

A considerable mileage of the most. feasible route is already sub- graded. and with some touching up should be in perfect shape for psv- ing This op lies particularly in the section I om Charlottetown to Ti-yon. vie. North River, Cornwall. Clyde River, New Haven, Churchill. Hanipbon and crapaud. and also following the route east of Char- lottetown along the shore Road.

There are a. good many miles of paved roads needed in other parts of the Province-road.s lending to

shipping and fishing centres. We cannot afford to throw away money on some extravagant.

spectacular scheme for our part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

If taking an interest in how the peoples money is to be ex- pended is "idle ou.riosi.t.y," then i admit to some idle curiosity my- self.

I am, Sir. etc. W. F. AIJAN sTlI.'WA.RT. M.L.A.. First Queens.

?i..';.-fie...

PRELUDE IN A MINOR

..s....

(Chopin)

Perhaps "it. is is silent. garden where

The ghosts of smiling childhood start. up from

The rank grown grass and flower- ing weeds. or some

Old image lcnelling sadness mid

t e Ir

of life; or when beside some grave a prayer

is signed; or when. the bleak vision

of waves that chant the slow eter-

alone,

ml song Hoard sll night. through. the sad- dest theme to hear.

Was this the saddest music that he heard?

I hear the waves within its har- many.

in the recurring phrase, the minor third.

The modulation and monotony

Of rhythm. chords and theme. The waves have surged

Upon the shore. I see the sea. his sea!

-Irene Haugh.

F-so-m-ea-moo-t-or-309-O E Old Charlottetown it (And P. I). 1.) 6i

BIG BEAR BAGGED

"A large bear, that was in the habit of paying frequent unwel- come visit; to the farmyard sisd ouihouses of Mr. John Mclschern. Cardigan Road. lending to St. Peter's Bay. and destroying his sheep. was killed a few days since by means of the following strate-

gem: "Mr. Mcllachern placed in a barrel the remains of a large

sheep which" the bear had killed and partly demolished on the pre- vious nlght, in which a loaded gun was so fixed. with a piece of mut- ton on the. muzzle. attached by a string to the trigger. that the been in taking a first bite, was likely to be satisfied. The plan proved successful. for A report of the gun was heard by Mr. Mcllschern be- fore bed time. when he proceeded to said barrel, and beheld. to his great satisfaction, his lordship (the bear) a corpse. the gun hav- lng discharged and the whole of the contents lodged in his body. This huge animal. it is stated. weighed 700 pounds."

-The fslsnder. Oct. 30. I646.

f'l3C&0

-dance:-: if -'.e-1 C-600': C

:1 Age-Olil Story l : Coma and let. Ila return to the

uml: for he hath ton, and Ila ll heal as. Ila lialll alltloll. Iml

Viscount. Simon. famous constitut- ional lawyer. as saying that if Prime Minister Attlee met. defeat in the House this week and then salted the King for dissolution it would be within the power of His Majesty to refuse and to ask Mr. Churchill to fonn a Government. Emphasizing such possibility. sl- mon said: "This would be one of the rare surviving cases in which the Sovereign exercised his own dis- cretion in deciding upon his public action.

With one exception-the case of the notorious "Byng Incident" in Canada-this prerogative of the Crown has never seriously met. challenge. As late as 1923 Mr. Asquith. a former Liberal Prime Minister, and as renc-wned as Lord Simon for his constitutional learning, said:

"The dissolution of Parliament is in this country one of the pre- rogatives of the Crown. It is not. a mere feudal survival. but u part -of our constitutional system.

"it does not. mean that. the Crown should act arbitrarily and without. the advice of responsible ministers. but it does mean that the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular minister to put its sub- jectsvta the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other ministers who

are prepared to give contrary advice." In the "Byng Incident", our

so-called "constitutional crisis of 1995". Lord Bynl. representative of His Majesty in Canada. properly and legally refused dissolution to Mr. King when Mr. King. less than a year after a general election, found himself unable to carry on in the House and sought to ovoid . motion of censure through the de- vice of another election.

The result was one of the most discreditsble episodes in our political Story. s perversion of truth and a shabby and false attack on "Down- ing Street" which. uiifortunateiy, the country failed to rebuke. Lord Bynz refusing Mr. King dissolut- ion. and calling upon Mr. Meigherl to form s Government, was com. Pictely and unchallengeably right, was but acting as the crown had acted (and with far less jusmig. ation) time and again through a hundred Ylltlrs. and notably in the Dominlons. But. the truth was clouded. and lamentably, by ap- penis to ignorance and prejudice. the clear rights of the Crown, and indeed of Parliament. forgotten, with ll. resulting verdict than was llnlust to Lord Byng as man and Governor General, unjust: to Mr. Meichen. and a blot on our political history.

Chaos In The Philippines

(Ottawa Journal)

When, after the war, the United States granted independence no the Philippines most people who thouzht about it at all assumed that one post-war problem at least had been solved. Happy in neit-

"spreading demorallzatlon and dis- order." and explains:

"The immediate menace comes from the links. These dissidents and, dare we say. sgrsrisn reform- ers. are now Commuir led and supported by an infiltration of Chinese Communists. About 75.- 000 Huks are operatinz in the Manila area. and there are sev- a eral times that vlllmhfr in ihe country as a whole. .

"The links are well armed with iii. gun. distributed to iruarlllu s; by the United States during the it the l-lu!-is

is-

at

theirs. and halt with a screecli lbrakes at a signal from one of those men on a motorcycle The law grim-

of

dismounted. 1-is approached the

cscby with deliberation. He looked

the passenger and seowied st

the driver. Then he reached into his hip pocket and brought

forth large white handkerchief. 'Okay.

I-Iozvalorlg Cassld:,"". he said, ”2essee just how good you really are. gonna. put. this on the white